Examples of cultural ecology? (do not use housing examples)

For example many people connect Adobe-style housing with the Southwest and the native American culture that once thrived there. The home, while a symbol of the culture, is a prime example of cultural ecology. The people who built the homes did so with the purpose of surviving the hot, dry climate. The bricks use abundant dirt as the staple of building. The lack of windows keeps heat in when needed and out when needed and the flat roofing catches the rainfall that is precious and scarce in the southwest. To those in other parts of the world it’s just a structure, but to the people of the southwest it was survival.