Mesa Verde Ancient Architecture

Author : Jesse Walter Fewkes
Publisher : Albuquerque, NM : Avanyu Pub.
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Cliff-dwellings
ISBN : UCSC:32106019900460

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Mesa Verde Ancient Architecture by Jesse Walter Fewkes Pdf

This collection of three essays by one of the great early-twentieth-century anthropologists of the American Southwest brings back early research at what is now Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. The excavations of the most significant ruins of Cliff Palace, Spruce Tree House, and the Mummy Lake mounds are reported here. Cliff Palace, the most impressive ruin at Mesa Verde, was discovered in 1888 by Richard Wetherill, a local rancher now considered a forefather of Southwest archaeology. Fewkes came to Mesa Verde in 1908, soon after the creation of the National Park in 1906. His writings discuss the daily lives of the cliff dwellers, their art, and their unique building construction styles. The foreword provides information on contemporary archaeology at Mesa Verde and puts Fewkes's early research and writings in perspective.

Author : Radosław Palonka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture and society
ISBN : 8323331847

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Defensive Architecture and the Depopulation of the Mesa Verde Region, Utah-Colorado in the Thirteenth Century A.D. by Radosław Palonka Pdf

The thirteenth century A.D. was a time of many changes and reorganization in the ancient Pueblo world in the Mesa Verde region. Still unresolved are the causes of the migration of Pueblo people from the Mesa Verde region to the south and southeast in the end of the century. The theories most cited and most supported by scientific data include environmental changes, increasing conflict and violence, social changes, and the attraction of a new cult or ideologies from the south. However, it seems that none of these theories can fully explain the total depopulation of the region. One reason often cited for the depopulation of the area is increasing conflict and violence. Evidence of conflict is clearly visible archaeologically: sites located in places difficult to access; defensive buildings, and settlement layouts; human remains with evidence of a violent death; and rock art depicting violent interactions. During the thirteenth century A.D. many types of defensive architecture including towers, underground tunnels connecting structures in a settlement, loopholes, and massive stone walls that partly or fully enclosed villages were constructed in the central Mesa Verde region. These architectural changes were associated with population aggregation and relocation; during the thirteenth century, most people probably lived in large settlements situated such that they were difficult to access and easy to defend. In many villages, water sources were secured within the boundary of the settlement or were at least nearby. However, it is difficult to determine whether the defensive architecture and defensible locations were not enough of an obstacle against possible attackers as Pueblo Indians emigrated from the Mesa Verde region near the end of the thirteenth century A.D. into what are now northern and central Arizona and New Mexico.

Author : A. Dudley Gardner
Publisher : Gibbs Smith Publishers
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Pueblo Indians
ISBN : UCSC:32106019004172

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Architecture of the Ancient Ones by A. Dudley Gardner Pdf

More than fifty color photographs present the architecture of the Anasazi, the "ancient ones" of the American Southwest, created as early as 1100 A.D.

Author : Gustaf Nordenskiöld
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Cliff-dwellers
ISBN : MSU:31293106893393

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The Cliff Dwellers of the Mesa Verde, Southwestern Colorado by Gustaf Nordenskiöld Pdf

Author : William N. Morgan
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 787 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780292757677

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Ancient Architecture of the Southwest by William N. Morgan Pdf

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—a geographical area of some 300,000 square miles. This study presents a comprehensive architectural survey of the region. Professionally rendered drawings comparatively analyze 132 sites by means of standardized 100-foot grids with uniform orientations. Reconstructed plans with shadows representing vertical heights suggest the original appearances of many structures that are now in ruins or no longer exist, while concise texts place them in context. 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. Written for a general audience, the book holds appeal for all students of native Southwestern cultures, as well as for everyone interested in origins in architecture. In particular, it should encourage younger Native American architects to value their rich cultural heritage and to respond as creatively to the challenges of the future as their ancestors did to those of the past.

Author : Leslie Rainer,Angelyn Bass Rivera
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780892368501

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The Conservation of Decorated Surfaces on Earthen Architecture by Leslie Rainer,Angelyn Bass Rivera Pdf

For millennia, people of all cultures have decorated the surfaces of their domestic, religious, and public buildings. Earthen architecture in particular has been, and continues to be, a common ground for surface decoration such as paintings, sculpted bas-relief, and ornamental plasterwork. This volume explores the complex issues associated with preserving these surfaces. Case studies from Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas are presented. The publication is the result of a colloquium held in 2004 at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, co-organized by the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) and the National Park Service (NPS). The meeting brought together fifty-five conservators, cultural resource managers, materials scientists, engineers, architects, archaeologists, anthropologists, and artists from eleven countries. Divided into four themes--Archaeological Sites, Museum Practice, Historic Buildings, and Living Traditions--the papers examine the conservation of decorated surfaces on earthen architecture within these different contexts.

Author : Peter Louis Bonfitto
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 968 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-06
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9798216168300

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World Architecture and Society [2 volumes] by Peter Louis Bonfitto Pdf

This two-volume encyclopedia covers buildings and sites of global significance from prehistoric times to the present day, providing students with an essential understanding of architectural development and its impact on human societies. This two-volume encyclopedia provides an in-depth look at buildings and sites of global significance throughout history. The volumes are separated into four regional sections: 1) the Americas, 2) Europe, 3) Africa and the Middle East, and 4) Asia and the Pacific. Four regional essays investigate the broader stylistic and historical contexts that describe the development of architecture through time and across the globe. Entries explore the unique importance of buildings and sites, including the megalithic wonder of Stonehenge and the imposing complex of Angkor Wat. Entries on Spanish colonial missions in the Americas and the medieval Islamic universities of the Sahara connect to broader building traditions. Other entries highlight remarkable stories of architectural achievement and memory, like those of Tuskegee University, a site hand-built by former slaves, or the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, which was built at the site of the atomic detonation. Each entry focuses on the architectural but includes strong consideration of the social impact, importance, and significance each structure has had in the past and in the present.

Author : Donna M. Glowacki
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816531332

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Living and Leaving by Donna M. Glowacki Pdf

The Mesa Verde migrations in the thirteenth century were an integral part of a transformative period that forever changed the course of Pueblo history. For more than seven hundred years, Pueblo people lived in the Northern San Juan region of the U.S. Southwest. Yet by the end of the 1200s, tens of thousands of Pueblo people had left the region. Understanding how it happened and where they went are enduring questions central to Southwestern archaeology. Much of the focus on this topic has been directed at understanding the role of climate change, drought, violence, and population pressure. The role of social factors, particularly religious change and sociopolitical organization, are less well understood. Bringing together multiple lines of evidence, including settlement patterns, pottery exchange networks, and changes in ceremonial and civic architecture, this book takes a historical perspective that naturally forefronts the social factors underlying the depopulation of Mesa Verde. Author Donna M. Glowacki shows how “living and leaving” were experienced across the region and what role differing stressors and enablers had in causing emigration. The author’s analysis explains how different histories and contingencies—which were shaped by deeply rooted eastern and western identities, a broad-reaching Aztec-Chaco ideology, and the McElmo Intensification—converged, prompting everyone to leave the region. This book will be of interest to southwestern specialists and anyone interested in societal collapse, transformation, and resilience.

Author : Baker H. Morrow,Vincent Barrett Price
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0826317790

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Anasazi Architecture and American Design by Baker H. Morrow,Vincent Barrett Price Pdf

Take a fascinating journey through Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde with leading southwestern archaeologists, historians, architects, artists, and urban planners as guides. Twenty-two essays identify Anasazi building and cultural features related to design and site planning, history, mythology, and ecology. 40 halftones. 5 maps.

Author : Jesse Walter Fewkes
Publisher : Avanyu Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Hopi Indians
ISBN : 0936755504

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Hopi Snake Ceremonies by Jesse Walter Fewkes Pdf

The Hopi Snake dance was first described in 1884 and through many articles over the last 100 years has become one of the best known of all aboriginal American Indian ceremonies. Yet, despite its notoriety, it was, and continues to be, little understood by those who are not Hopi Indians. Visitors to the Hopi's remote reservation in the Arizona desert watch in amazement as members of the Hopi Snake Society, males of all ages, dance with living rattlesnakes clenched between their teeth. The ceremony ensures plenty of spring water and abundant rain for the maturing crops, and dramatizes the legend of the Snake Clan as the Snake Priests wash the snakes ritually, and carry them in their teeth during the public dance. This revised edition of the classic Bureau of American Ethnology reports from 1894-98 includes a new preface from the publisher, and additional period photographs of the ceremony.

Author : Jack E. Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Social Science
ISBN : IND:39000004593534

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Mesas, Cliffs, and Canyons by Jack E. Smith Pdf

Author : Jesse Walter Fewkes
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1020106247

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Antiquities Of The Mesa Verde National Park, Sprucetree House by Jesse Walter Fewkes Pdf

Fewkes takes readers on a journey through the Mesa Verde National Park, exploring the Sprucetree House and revealing fascinating insights into the architecture and daily life of the ancient Pueblo people who once lived there. This work is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the archaeology or history of the southwestern United States. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Timothy A. Kohler,Mark D. Varien,Aaron M. Wright
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816599684

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Leaving Mesa Verde by Timothy A. Kohler,Mark D. Varien,Aaron M. Wright Pdf

It is one of the great mysteries in the archaeology of the Americas: the depopulation of the northern Southwest in the late thirteenth-century AD. Considering the numbers of people affected, the distances moved, the permanence of the departures, the severity of the surrounding conditions, and the human suffering and culture change that accompanied them, the abrupt conclusion to the farming way of life in this region is one of the greatest disruptions in recorded history. Much new paleoenvironmental data, and a great deal of archaeological survey and excavation, permit the fifteen scientists represented here much greater precision in determining the timing of the depopulation, the number of people affected, and the ways in which northern Pueblo peoples coped—and failed to cope—with the rapidly changing environmental and demographic conditions they encountered throughout the 1200s. In addition, some of the scientists in this volume use models to provide insights into the processes behind the patterns they find, helping to narrow the range of plausible explanations. What emerges from these investigations is a highly pertinent story of conflict and disruption as a result of climate change, environmental degradation, social rigidity, and conflict. Taken as a whole, these contributions recognize this era as having witnessed a competition between differing social and economic organizations, in which selective migration was considerably hastened by severe climatic, environmental, and social upheaval. Moreover, the chapters show that it is at least as true that emigration led to the collapse of the northern Southwest as it is that collapse led to emigration.

Author : Maxine Benson,Duane A. Smith,Carl Ubbelohde
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780871083234

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A Colorado History, 10th Edition by Maxine Benson,Duane A. Smith,Carl Ubbelohde Pdf

For fifty years, A Colorado History has provided a comprehensive and accessible panoramic history of the Centennial State. From the arrival of the Paleo-Indians to contemporary times, this enlarged edition leads readers on an extraordinary exploration of a remarkable place. "A Colorado History has been, since its first appearance in 1965, widely recognized as an exemplary work of its kind." --The Colorado Magazine Experience Colorado with this new, enlarged edition of A Colorado History. For fifty years, the authors of this preeminent resource have led readers on an extraordinary exploration of how the state has changed—and how it has stayed the same. From the arrival of Paleo-Indians in the Mesa Verde region to the fast pace of the twenty-first century, A Colorado History covers the political, economic, cultural, and environmental issues, along with the fascinating events and characters, that have shaped this dynamic state. In print for fifty years, this distinctive examination of the Centennial State is a must-read for history buffs, students, researchers—or anyone—interested in the remarkable place called Colorado.

Author : Daphne Eastwood,Barnaby Whitmore,Günkut Akyıldız,Oswald Penrith,Bookademy EN,Honur Blakares
Publisher : Bookademy
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Aesthetics in Ancient Architecture by Daphne Eastwood,Barnaby Whitmore,Günkut Akyıldız,Oswald Penrith,Bookademy EN,Honur Blakares Pdf

Dive into the captivating world of ancient architecture with “Aesthetics in Ancient Architecture - From Temples to Theaters”. This insightful book explores the intricate beauty and enduring influence of architectural masterpieces from civilizations spanning the globe. From the majestic temples of ancient Greece to the grand theaters of Rome, each chapter delves into a different aspect of architectural aesthetics, uncovering the symbolism, innovation, and cultural exchange that shaped these remarkable structures. Discover how ancient architects integrated sacred geometry, religious symbolism, and natural surroundings into their designs, and learn how their legacy continues to inspire contemporary architectural practices. Perfect for enthusiasts of ancient history, architecture, and cultural studies, this book offers a fascinating journey through the evolution of architectural beauty.