Jacal

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The jacal is an adobe style housing structure historically found throughout parts of the south-western United States and Mexico. The structure was employed by Native Americans prior to European colonization and was later employed by both Hispanic and Anglo settlers in Texas and elsewhere [1].

Typically, a jacal would consist of slim close-set poles tied together and filled out with mud, clay and grasses. More sophisticated structures, such as those constructed by the Anasazi, incorporated adobe bricks—sun-baked mud and sandstone.

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• Sketch of a Jacal from A pictorial history of Texas, from the earliest visits of European adventurers, to A.D. 1879, hosted by the Portal to Texas History.
• Jacal in Big Bend National Park.[[2]]