They occupied a certain section of the great hive which the communal dwelling represented, and such a section was not unappropriately called in Spanish a _quartel_ or quarter.

The husband also stayed with his wife and the younger children, but he had no rights as owner, or proprietor, to his abode.

Since it was the custom for women to raise the walls of buildings, and to finish the house inside and outside, they owned it also.

The man was only tolerated.

His home was properly with his clan, whither he must return in case his spouse departed this life before him.
It was different in regard to the fields.