Houses of adobe (Native Dwellings)
Edition: Ill edition
Publisher: Tundra Books
Published: June 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9780887763304
Subjects: People & Places - General; Social Science - Customs, Traditions, Anthropology; Juvenile Nonfiction; Residential Buildings Architecture; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction; Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9); Pueblos; Juvenile literature; Architecture; Juvenile Nonfiction / Architecture; Southwest, New; Adobe houses; Dwellings; Indians of North America
Description: Describes the materials, construction, and uses of adobe shelters, including the pueblos and cliff dwellings, made by various Indians in the Four Corners region of the Southwest, and explains the significance of the kiva. Adobe is a mixture of ashes, water and sandy clay.