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Icelandic turf houses
The Icelandic turf house was the product of a difficult climate and, most importantly, a lack of timber suitable for major constructions. It was this shortage of strong wood that led the Icelandic people to maintain turf constructions when other Viking settlements had moved on to more complex wooden structures.
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