classify their towns in two ways, permanent towns, temporary settlements, set up to support work, tend to be larger than, the distinction is not one of size, of purpose, there is no “typical” town, features are common to most towns, heavily fortified, the foundations of these walls, sometimes visible, collecting tolls, a major source of revenue, centrally located, permanent stands, made of corrugated iron / concrete, next to the local ruler’s palace, often very large, covered 17 acres, consisted of a series of courtyards, surrounded by private and public rooms, after colonisation, completely / partially demolished, built two-storey houses, palace grounds, government buildings, divided into different sections, extending out from the center, like spokes on a wheel, space is limited, divided into compounds, vary considerably in size, single dwellings, up to thirty houses, devoted to administrative buildings, new developments, industrial or commercial areas, apartment housing, civil servants, built on the edge of the town, rectangular houses, a courtyard in the center, social life occurs in the courtyard, built of hardened mud, roofs of corrugated iron / thatch, easy to alter, knock down rooms, coating the walls with cement, afford to build, two-storey houses, a mixture of building types, well-furnished houses, mud-walled buildings, sleep on mats, the most senior man, near the entrance, next to the balcony, more than one room, separate rooms for teenage boys and girls, younger children, empty rooms, used as storage, let out, used as shops

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