Group living occurs also in the villages of the Dogon people in Mali, Africa, dating from the 1200 and currently in active use.
Clinging to steep cliffs that extend for 125 miles, Dogon villages are dense collections of adobe houses, shrines, and granaries often irregular in shape and built on different levels to use all available space.
Flat land is reserved for farming
Stone or mud walls make clusters for joint family households compounds.