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Navajo architecture : forms, history, distributions / Stephen C. Jett and Virginia E. Spencer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Tucson, Ariz. : University of Arizona Press, ©1981.Description: xix, 289 pages : illustrations ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 0816506884
  • 9780816506880
  • 0816507236
  • 9780816507238
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Navajo architecture.LOC classification:
  • E99.N3 J39
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Navajo dwellings: general characteristics -- Classification of Navajo dwellings -- Origins, evolutions, and forms of temporary and summer dwellings -- Hogan origins, evolutions, and forms -- Adoption of houses -- Navajo house origins, evolutions, and forms -- Roof forms -- Subsistence-activity structures -- Food-processing and storage structures -- Ceremonial and recreational structures -- Structures relating to travel, defense, and death -- Areal and temporal distributuions and dwelling types -- Navajo architecture and acculturation.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks E99.N3J39 1981 Available 33710001180343

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-266).

Introduction -- Navajo dwellings: general characteristics -- Classification of Navajo dwellings -- Origins, evolutions, and forms of temporary and summer dwellings -- Hogan origins, evolutions, and forms -- Adoption of houses -- Navajo house origins, evolutions, and forms -- Roof forms -- Subsistence-activity structures -- Food-processing and storage structures -- Ceremonial and recreational structures -- Structures relating to travel, defense, and death -- Areal and temporal distributuions and dwelling types -- Navajo architecture and acculturation.