▁ ▁H ouses ▁Luc ay ans , ▁like ▁other ▁T ain os , ▁lived ▁in ▁multi - house hold ▁houses . ▁Descri ptions ▁of ▁Luc ay an ▁houses ▁by ▁the ▁Spanish ▁match ▁those ▁of ▁houses ▁used ▁by ▁T ain os ▁in ▁His p ani ola ▁and ▁Cuba : ▁sh aped ▁like ▁a ▁round ▁tent , ▁tall , ▁made ▁of ▁pol es ▁and ▁that ch , ▁with ▁an ▁opening ▁at ▁the ▁top ▁to ▁let ▁smoke ▁out . ▁Columb us ▁described ▁the ▁houses ▁of ▁the ▁Luc ay ans ▁as ▁clean ▁and ▁well - s we pt . ▁The ▁houses ▁were ▁furn ished ▁with ▁cot ton ▁n ets ▁( some ▁kind ▁of ▁h amm ock s ) ▁for ▁b eds ▁and ▁furn ish ings , ▁and ▁were ▁used ▁mainly ▁for ▁sleep ing . ▁Each ▁house ▁shelter ed ▁an ▁extended ▁family . ▁There ▁are ▁no ▁surv iving ▁reports ▁of ▁the ▁size ▁of ▁Luc ay an ▁houses , ▁but ▁estimates ▁of ▁about ▁ 2 0 ▁people ▁per ▁house ▁in ▁T ain o ▁communities ▁in ▁pre - contact ▁Cuba ▁are ▁c ited ▁by ▁Ke eg an ▁as ▁a ▁reasonable ▁estimate ▁for ▁Luc ay an ▁houses . ▁While ▁not ▁mentioned ▁for ▁Luc ay an ▁houses , ▁the ▁houses ▁in ▁Cuba ▁were ▁described ▁as ▁having ▁two ▁doors . ▁Classic ▁T ain o ▁villages ▁in ▁His p ani ola ▁and ▁eastern ▁Cuba ▁typically ▁had ▁houses ▁arranged ▁around ▁a ▁central ▁pla za , ▁and ▁often ▁located ▁along ▁rivers ▁with ▁access ▁to ▁good ▁agricult ural ▁land . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁Luc ay