Navajo Architecture: Forms, History, Distributions

Synopsis

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 Of Dwelling Types -- Navajo Architecture And Acculturation. Stephen C. Jett And Virginia E. Spencer. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 249-266) And Indexes.