The wattle and daub technique was used already in the Neolithic period. It was common for houses of Linear pottery and Rössen cultures of Central Europe, but is also found in Western Asia (Çatalhöyük, Shillourokambos) as well as in North America (Mississippian culture) and South America (Brazil).
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