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. 2015 Jul 22;14:284. doi: 10.1186/s12936-015-0806-0

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Indigenous Amazonian settlements, typologies and features. a Traditional maloca of upper and lower Negro river. b Maloca, use and distribution, floor plan. c Collective households: Yanomami’s shabono. d Yanomami’s shabono, use and distribution, floor plan. e Stilted households: Ashaninka tribe’s housing in high Juruá River. f Houseboats: Estirão village houseboat in Marahã lake, Paumari tribe. g Cover with small openings: Vaupes’ maloca. h Closed cover: Yawalapiti village, Xinguana tribe. i Without walls: Jamamadi tribe’s housing in Pauzinho village. j New materials and constructive techniques: Gavião Parkatejê tribe, Kaikotore village housing. k Temporary dwelling: the tapiri, Yanomami tribe. l Temporary dwelling for dry season, Mashco-piro Tribe.