Navajo Architecture : Forms, History, Distributions Paperback / softback
by Stephen C. Jett, Virginia E. Spencer
Part of the Century Collection series
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Navajo Architecture may well be the most complete study to date of the folk architecture of a tribal society.
Enhanced by nearly 200 photographs and drawings, the book explores the whole range of a Native American tradition as it has evolved through the present day-and is already yielding to modernization. Stephen Jett and Virginia Spencer have devoted years of fieldwork to studying the origin, evolution, and construction of Navajo buildings: not only hogans, houses, and summer dwellings, but also numerous other structures related to activities such as food preparation, hunting, sweat-bathing, and funerary observation.
In addition, they have defined the geographic distribution of dwelling forms to reveal both utilization of local resources and local differences in degree of acculturation. The University of Arizona Press's Century Collection employs the latest in digital technology to make previously out-of-print books from our notable backlist available once again.
Enriching historical and cultural experiences for readers, this collection offers these volumes unaltered from their original publication and in affordable digital or paperback formats.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:312 pages, 6 tables; 205 images
- Publisher:University of Arizona Press
- Publication Date:30/05/2017
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- ISBN:9780816535750
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:312 pages, 6 tables; 205 images
- Publisher:University of Arizona Press
- Publication Date:30/05/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9780816535750