This is a classic Beothuk shelter. It is called a Mamateek. It is constructed by arranging poles in a circle, tying them at the top, then covering them with birch bark. There is a fireplace in the center of the Mamateek surrounded my sleeping hollows. These hollows were dug into the ground and lined with branches of fir or pine.
These can be made in less in a day so that it makes traveling around easy because they can just make these Mamateeks wherever they stop.
These can be made in less in a day so that it makes traveling around easy because they can just make these Mamateeks wherever they stop.
Reference
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/aboriginal/beo_housing.html
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/aboriginal/beo_housing.html