前言在东南亚的许多地方,人们生活中最显著的特征之一是共居房屋(commualhouse)。这种房屋,可以容纳一个村庄,或者一个扩展的家庭(extended family)、一个世系群(lineage)、抑或一个氏族。共居房屋有两种类型,一是多居室住房(multiple-dwelling house),为最具特征的形式。众所周知,美国人类学家把十九世纪以前易洛魁印第安人的房屋建筑命名为“长房”,这种长房长约100英尺,大约每七英尺被分隔为一个居室,一幢长房可以住五个、十个、甚至二十个家庭。每个家庭(house- Preface In many parts of Southeast Asia, one of the most salient features of people’s lives is the commualhouse. This house can accommodate a village, or an extended family, a lineage, or a clan. There are two types of shared housing, one is a multiple-dwelling house, the most characteristic form. It is well-known that American anthropologists named the building of the Iroquois Indians until the 19th century as “a long room,” about 100 feet long, about every seven feet separated into a living room and a long room Live five, ten, or even twenty families. House-