Native American architecture /

Nabokov, Peter.

Native American architecture / Peter Nabokov, Robert Easton. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. - 431 p. : ill (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 411-420.

Wigwam and longhouse: Northeast and Great Lakes -- Mound, town, and chickee: Southeast -- Earthlodge, grass house, and tipi: Great Plains -- Pit house and extended tipi: Plateau -- Winter house, iglu, and tent: Arctic -- Plank house: Northwest coast -- Wood, earth, and fiber: California -- Hogan, ki, and ramada: Southwest I -- Pueblo: Southwest II.

The book presents the building traditions of major tribes in nine regional profiles covering North America, including Alaska and the Canadian Arctic.

0195037812 (alk. paper) 9780195037814 (alk. paper) 0195066650 (pbk.) 9780195066654 (pbk.)

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Indians of North America--Dwellings.
Indian architecture--North America.

E98.D9 / N33 1989