Wattle and daub is a
composite building material used for making walls, in which a woven lattice of wooden strips called
wattle is
daubed with a sticky material usually made of some combination of wet
soil,
clay,
sand,
animal dung and straw. Wattle and daub has been used for at least 6000 years and is still an important construction material in many parts of the world. Many historic buildings include wattle and daub construction, and the technique is becoming popular again in more developed areas as a low-impact
sustainable building technique.