Sundaland is a land so vast that one cannot generalise about the living circumstances of its peoples. Some live amongst the deep forests, tending it as a bountiful garden. Others in hive or warren like constructs of stone or clay bricks, sometimes hewn into the rocks while their food sources are various animals and plants they have tamed or keep nearby.
- An Account of Sundaland by Alom Takal
Here's a National Geographic documentary that's partly about the people living in America before the arrival of Columbus and the other Europeans.
I took some screenshots from the documentary. These are artists impression of an Amazonian village in a cleared area and an Anasazi town (based on real ruins) in New Mexico. I imagine these are some of the types of societies that exist away from the more developed cultures that build large town and cities.
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