Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by composition]
6. inorganic material
7. clay
8. [clay by product]
9. brick (clay material)
10. [brick by technique]
11. [brick by technique: drying process]

Narrower term/s

• bitudobe
• adobe (material)

Anotations

Scope note:

Brick that is baked in the sun rather than hardened by the heat of a fire or kiln; the earliest type of brick. Sun-dried brick has the advantage of being less expensive than fired brick but is generally less durable; it is well-suited to dry climates. For sun-dried brick containing straw and other binders, use the more specific "adobe."