A study of the houses of the American aborigines; with suggestions for the exploration of the ruins in New Mexico, Arizona, the valley of the San Juan, and in Yucatan and Central America, under the auspices of the Archæological institute (1880)
Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881 · Cambridge [Mass.] · leaf 43
uff, the houses, from their peculiarmodel, and the array of scaffolds rising up among them,presented a striking appearance to those who approachedby the river. Afterwards, at the present Minnitare and Mandan village,about sixty-five miles above on the east side of the river,and also at the new… … Fig 72- MANDAN SCAFFOLD. HOUSES OF AMERICAN ABORIGINES. 41 side of the village, and to observe the mode of life of theIndians. Although in form and construction unlike the LongHouse of the Iroquois, we yet find here a communal jointtenement-house, designed to be occupied by a large house-hold,…
Indians · Architecture, Domestic
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