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Native American Woodland Villages
While man banded together in smaller groups and semi-permanent villages during the previous time periods, now the population allowed, and probably demanded, that Woodland era people band together in larger groups, forming larger, more permanent villages. Along with this grouping began the development, most likely based on need, for a societal structure with leadership positions. Woodland people lived in circular huts with a domed roof made from saplings stuck into the ground with a bark or matted exterior. Also being developed were ceremonial rituals and mortuary practices
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