The dwelling of the rudimental sedentary farmer may be like that of
his migrant ancestors, but it is more likely to wear a sophisticated roof of
corrugated iron, or a homemade imitation fashioned from gasoline tins.
Household equipment, while simple, includes imported articles, particularly
tinware, enameled ware, and coarse crockery. Cloths of European manufacture
supplement or replace the native clothing, except where local native
tradition is advanced and strong, as on the highland of Latin America.
As in the case of other primitive agriculture, statistics are few. Differentiation
from shifting cultivation has not clearly been made, even by students
in the field. A very few descriptions disclose the variety of regions
which have in common a tentative settling down upon a fixed piece of
terrain.