Quote by: Edward Burnett Tylor

The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter of taste, just as it is in Holland.


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  • NameEdward Burnett Tylor
  • DescriptionEnglish anthropologist
  • AliasesE. B. Tylor; E. B. T.; Sir Edward Burnett Tylor; Edward B. Tylor
  • BornOctober 2, 1832
  • DiedJanuary 2, 1917
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionAnthropologist
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society