For many people, Native American architecture calls to mind the
wigwam, tipi, iglu, and pueblo. Yet the richly diverse building
traditions of Native Americans encompass much more, including
specific structures for sleeping, working, worshipping, meditating,
playing, dancing, lounging, giving birth, decision-making,
cleansing, storing and preparing food, caring for animals, and
honoring the dead. In effect, the architecture covers all facets of
Indian life.
The collaboration between an architect and an anthropologist,
Native American Architecture presents the first book-length, fully
illustrated exploration of North American Indian architecture to
appear in over a century. Peter Nabokov and Robert Easton together
examine the building traditions of the major tribes in nine
regional areas of the continent from the huge plank-house villages
of the Northwest Coast to the moundbuilder towns and temples of the
Southeast, to the Navajo hogans and adobe pueblos of the Southwest.
Going beyond a traditional survey of buildings, the book offers a
broad, clear view into the Native American world, revealing a new
perspective on the interaction between their buildings and culture.
Looking at Native American architecture as more than buildings,
villages, and camps, Nabokov and Easton also focus on their use of
space, their environment, their social mores, and their religious
beliefs.
Each chapter concludes with an account of traditional Indian
building practices undergoing a revival or in danger today. The
volume also includes a wealth of historical photographs and
drawings (including sixteen pages of color illustrations),
architectural renderings, and specially prepared interpretive
diagrams which decode the sacred cosmology of the principal house
types.
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