There are
two upstairs rooms in the house. Both rooms are used for storing
food. Barrels hold corn kernels that will be ground during the
winter months. Herbs and gourds hang from the rafters to dry.
This is where seeds are stored for the coming growing season.
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servants and the older children in the family also sleep upstairs.
The women use the front room. They can reach it by a stairway
that is located beside the hall fireplace. The men use the back
room. They enter this room through a hole in the kitchen ceiling
using a ladder.
