Table 2.
Trait-based documentation of house-building traditions of the Pacific northwest coast (edited from Drucker 1950).
| housing traditions | ||
|---|---|---|
| trait number | general category | trait description |
| description of house traits | ||
| 1 | house pits | excavated central pit |
| 2 | series of steps into the pit | |
| 3 | pit walls plank-lined | |
| 4 | pilings | house built on pilings |
| 5 | wall planks | wall planks detachable for move to summer houses |
| 6 | framework and wall planks inseparable | |
| 7 | posts | round posts |
| 8 | squared posts | |
| 9 | zoomorphic relief carvings on posts | |
| 10 | roof construction | two-pitch roof |
| 11 | one-pitch roof (‘shed roof') | |
| 12 | single ridgepole | |
| 13 | ridgepole as lintel directly on posts | |
| 14 | ridgepole on cross-lintel | |
| 15 | double ridgepole | |
| 16 | intermediate beams | |
| 17 | roof plates and sills | |
| 18 | wall support | slots for wall sheathing |
| 19 | wall sheathing horizontal | |
| 20 | supported between vertical stakes | |
| 21 | overlapping clapboard | |
| 22 | wall sheathing vertical | |
| 23 | roof boards | roof of boards |
| 24 | roof of bark | |
| 25 | overlapping peak | |
| 26 | ridge cover: dugout pole | |
| 27 | ridge cover: horizontal boards | |
| 28 | floors | earth floor |
| 29 | board floor | |
| 30 | fireplaces | corner fireplaces |
| 31 | central fireplace—for rituals only | |
| 32 | central fireplace—for everyday use | |
| 33 | fire on floor level | |
| 34 | fire in pit | |
| 35 | roof boards moved to allow smoke escape | |
| 36 | central smokehole | |
| 37 | adjustable smokehole shield | |
| 38 | sleeping platforms | sleeping platform around walls |
| 39 | sleeping platform made of boards | |
| 40 | sleeping platform segmented | |
| 41 | storage shelves | high shelves for storage |
| 42 | partitions | private sleeping cubicles |
| 43 | partitions between spaces | |
| 44 | doorways | doorway in gable end |
| 45 | doorway rectangular | |
| 46 | door oval or round | |
| 47 | entry directly through portal pole | |
| 48 | door wooden | |
| 49 | door propped against opening | |
| 50 | door suspended at top | |
| 51 | house facades | façade of house painted |
| 52 | furniture | individual backrests or settees |
| 53 | above items painted | |
| 54 | wood stools | |
| 55 | wall lining | walls at sleeping places lined with mats |
| documentation of housing traditions | ||
| Tlingit 1 | 1110010101000010111001100100100101011000110110010100000 | |
| Tlingit 2 | 1110010111000010110001111000100101011110111111110110000 | |
| Haida 1 | 1110011101000010110001010000100101011111110101110111101 | |
| Haida 2 | 1110011111000011110001110000100101011111111111110111101 | |
| Nass-Gitskan | 0000011011000011110001010001000110011000100110110011111 | |
| Tsimshian 1 | 1111011011000011110001110011000110011110010111010111111 | |
| Tsimshian 2 | 0001011011000010110001101001000110011110010111110011101 | |
| Xaisla | 1111011011000010110001101001000110011111001110111011101 | |
| Heiltsuk-Oowekyala 1 | 1110011011000010110001101001000110011111010111110111101 | |
| Heiltsuk-Oowekyala 2 | 1110011011000010110001101001000110011110110111010011101 | |
| Bella Coola | 1111011011100010111110101001000110011110111110111011101 | |
| Heiltsuk-Oowekyala 3 | 1111011011000010111111100011011010011111011110111011101 | |
| Kwakwaka'wakw 1 | 1111101011011110001110101001011010100100110110010111100 | |
| Kwakwaka'wakw 2 | 1110101011011110001110101001011010100110111111011011100 | |
| Nuu-chah-nulth 1 | 0000101011011100001110100011011001100110101110000010000 | |
| Nuu-chah-nulth 2 | 0000101011100000001110101001011010100111100010011010000 | |
| Nuu-chah-nulth 3 | 0000101010100000001110100001011010100111100010010010000 | |