A sun-dried brick made from a mixture of earth, water and often straw or another binding fiber, one of the oldest and most widespread building materials. It is the traditional material of Pueblo architecture in the American Southwest and of major West African monuments such as the mosques of the Mali sahel, and it remains common in vernacular and low-energy construction across arid climates.
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Element Kind First Used EraNeolithic Near East, with construction dated to before 5,100 years before present, among the oldest building materials still in use; historically widespread also in the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. 1 Era
Era (category) Adobe
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Source Wikidata: Great Mosque of Djenne
Source Jos� Castro House (Wikidata)
Source Larabanga Mosque (Wikidata)
Source Social Hall (Salt Lake City) (Wikipedia)
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1. Adobe (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia: Adobe, Lead sectionQuote, Wikipedia: Adobe, Lead section
Adobe architecture has been dated to before 5,100 BP.
2. Wikipedia
Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia: Adobe
Most adobe buildings are similar in appearance to cob and rammed earth buildings. Adobe is among the earliest building materials, and is used throughout the world.
Wikipedia: Adobe, history section
Adobe had been in use by indigenous peoples of the Americas in the Southwestern United States, Mesoamerica, and the Andes for several thousand years.
English Wikipedia, Adobe, lead section, first paragraph
is a building material made from loam and organic materials. Adobe is Spanish for mudbrick.
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- Associated With: Vernacular Architecture
View the Source Wikidata: Great Mosque of Djenne
Seen In: Great Mosque of Djenne, Infobox material field: AdobeView the Source Larabanga Mosque (Wikidata)
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Seen In: Social Hall (Salt Lake City), Infobox material field: Stone/AdobeView the Source Jos� Castro House (Wikidata)
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The José Castro House (Spanish: Casa José Castro), sometimes known as the Castro-Breen Adobe, is a historic adobe home in San Juan Bautista, California, facing the Plaza de San Juan.
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