For protection from the summer sun, the Mojave lived in open-sided, flat-topped dwellings known as shades, each a roof of poles and arrowweed supported by posts set in a rectangle.
For protection from the summer sun, the Mojave lived in open-sided, flat-topped dwelling known as shades, each a roof of poles and arrowweed supported by post set in a rectangle.
A each a roof of poles and arrowweed
B each a roof of poles and arrowweed that are being
My guess is C, D and E implies that the "shades" are something else, a tent for example, with roofs of poles and arrowweed as an additional feature, similar to "a room with lots of color" or "a cake with lots of frosting."