Is it even possible to play tall while tribal?

Playing tribal is my favourite start and I see all this advice to start by playing tall but is that even possible with tribal gameplay? You cant build more holdings, holdings just have two slots with only one building which is financial, and development doesnt do anything until you reach feudal.

This is a genuine question not a complaint. Also I know its possible with mods, I've played with mods that add the ability to build new holdings as tribal and also add new buildings. But I'm trying for a fairly vanilla run next so I thought I'd ask if anyone had thoughts on the topic.