Look, I’m not saying they should be living in longhouses or anything, let alone something as unsuited for the climate as European housing.
But where is the irrigation ditch or raised mound foundation to protect stuff inside from getting wet when it rains? Where would they sleep, and what do they use as a wind break if there’s an annoying (relatively) cold breeze in that spot? Where do they cook? What do they do if a hurricane storm surge cause a flood? San Blas is a bunch of sand bank and reef islands, the elevation is not going to save them.
Each of these improvements at most increases the amount of effort into building a shelter like this by as much as already went into it, and they quickly improve quality of life.
Compare other tropical housing, and you’ll usually find stilts and wind-breaking walls.
I don’t recognize the objects visible in the different angle shot. They look strewn about; ransacked, or incomplete. Do you know what they might be?
They are also specifically from one of the three huts, so what were the other two used for?
But where is the irrigation ditch or raised mound foundation to protect stuff inside from getting wet when it rains?
There are historical European shelter designs which lack those features in environments where they would nonetheless be beneficial. The labor and time required to establish those features is not always considered worth the benefit provided. Not only that, but there is a visible raised mound in the second photo.
Where would they sleep,
… under the shelter, one presumes.
Single-room households were the norm for much of human history and prehistory.
and what do they use as a wind break if there’s an annoying (relatively) cold breeze in that spot?
In tropical environments, the breeze is usually considered a benefit rather than drawback. All the same, I would presume temporary rather than permanent dividers would be raised in case of need, with the same spirit one closes curtains or tent flaps.
Where do they cook?
Outside, as is the norm in many pre-modern cultures which lack widespread inflammable architecture available and have immensely flammable structures?
What do they do if a hurricane storm surge cause a flood?
Rebuild. Most pre-modern architecture is not particularly flood-resistant. Shit, most modern architecture doesn’t fare too well against hurricanes. Why bother reinforcing something that’s going to need a total rebuild anyway?
Compare other tropical housing, and you’ll usually find stilts and wind-breaking walls.
How many examples do you want of traditional indigenous housing in the tropics without both?
I don’t recognize the objects visible in the different angle shot. They look strewn about; ransacked, or incomplete. Do you know what they might be?
Containers, tools, and furniture, I would presume.
They are also specifically from one of the three huts, so what were the other two used for?
The same, presumably? You can see furniture in one of the other huts, and the other two huts (of which I think the rightmost is the one with the alternate angle provided) aren’t at an angle at which much of the inside can be seen at all.
Look, I’m not saying they should be living in longhouses or anything, let alone something as unsuited for the climate as European housing.
But where is the irrigation ditch or raised mound foundation to protect stuff inside from getting wet when it rains? Where would they sleep, and what do they use as a wind break if there’s an annoying (relatively) cold breeze in that spot? Where do they cook? What do they do if a hurricane storm surge cause a flood? San Blas is a bunch of sand bank and reef islands, the elevation is not going to save them.
Each of these improvements at most increases the amount of effort into building a shelter like this by as much as already went into it, and they quickly improve quality of life.
Compare other tropical housing, and you’ll usually find stilts and wind-breaking walls.
I don’t recognize the objects visible in the different angle shot. They look strewn about; ransacked, or incomplete. Do you know what they might be?
They are also specifically from one of the three huts, so what were the other two used for?
There are historical European shelter designs which lack those features in environments where they would nonetheless be beneficial. The labor and time required to establish those features is not always considered worth the benefit provided. Not only that, but there is a visible raised mound in the second photo.
… under the shelter, one presumes.
Single-room households were the norm for much of human history and prehistory.
In tropical environments, the breeze is usually considered a benefit rather than drawback. All the same, I would presume temporary rather than permanent dividers would be raised in case of need, with the same spirit one closes curtains or tent flaps.
Outside, as is the norm in many pre-modern cultures which lack widespread inflammable architecture available and have immensely flammable structures?
Rebuild. Most pre-modern architecture is not particularly flood-resistant. Shit, most modern architecture doesn’t fare too well against hurricanes. Why bother reinforcing something that’s going to need a total rebuild anyway?
How many examples do you want of traditional indigenous housing in the tropics without both?
Containers, tools, and furniture, I would presume.
The same, presumably? You can see furniture in one of the other huts, and the other two huts (of which I think the rightmost is the one with the alternate angle provided) aren’t at an angle at which much of the inside can be seen at all.