Ancient Architecture of the Southwest / / William N. Morgan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Morgan, William N.,
• MitwirkendeR: Swentzel, Rina,
• TeilnehmendeR: Swentzell, Rina.
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (339 p.)

During more than a thousand years before Europeans arrived in 1540, the native peoples of what is now the southwestern United States and northern Mexico developed an architecture of rich diversity and beauty. Vestiges of thousands of these dwellings and villages still remain, in locations ranging from Colorado in the north to Chihuahua in the south and from Nevada in the west to eastern New Mexico. This study presents the most comprehensive architectural survey of the region currently available. Organized in five chronological sections that include 132 professionally rendered site drawings, the book examines architectural evolution from humble pit houses to sophisticated, multistory pueblos. The sections explore concurrent Mogollon, Hohokam, and Anasazi developments, as well as those in the Salado, Sinagua, Virgin River, Kayenta, and other areas, and compare their architecture to contemporary developments in parts of eastern North America and Mesoamerica. The book concludes with a discussion of changes in Native American architecture in response to European influences.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PHOTOGRAPHS -- EARLY SETTLEMENTS TO A.D. 900 -- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS, 900 TO 1140 -- Mogollon -- Hohokam -- Chaco Canyon Anasazi -- SAN JUAN BASIN ANASAZI -- NORTHERN SAN JUAN ANASAZI -- VIRGIN AND KAYENTA ANASAZI -- MIGRATION AND CONSOLIDATION, 1300 TO 1540 -- Mogollon -- HOHOKAM -- SALADO -- ZUNI (ANASAZI) -- HOPI (ANASAZI) -- SINAGUA -- filO GRANDE ANASAZI -- HISTORIC PUEBLOS, 1540 TO PRESENT -- ZUNI -- HOPI -- RIO GRANDE -- OVERVIEW -- GLOSSARY -- PRONUNCIATION GUIDE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX