Human mobility strategies condition the purposes for which architectural features
are built and the durations of their occupation. A cross-cultural study indicates that
occupation duration statistically predicts the effort invested in dwellings (as indi
cated by the kinds of materials used in construction). Mobility does not predict the
numberof different kinds of structures ordwellings used by a group. Human mobility
does not significantly predict floor areas or wall heights of dwellings.
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