Book
Navajo architecture: forms, history, distributions
University of Arizona Press • Tucson, Ariz. • Published In 1981 • Pages:
By: Jett, Stephen C., Spencer, Virginia E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a comprehensive study of Navajo dwellings based on archaeology and survey of contemporary buildings across the Navajo Reservation. The authors discuss the different kinds of dwellings, in terms of architecture and materials used, and changes in dwelling types and settlement patterns over time, periodizing several phases. They also map the distribution of housing types across the Reservation. Included in the survey are sweat houses, wind breaks, storage structures, and corrals.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Masonry
- Dwellings
- Outbuildings
- Apparatus
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Geographer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1968-1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1500-1980
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Navajo Reservation, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Stephen C. Jett and Virginia E. Spencer
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-266) and indexes
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80039684
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians