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"A book that architects and anthropologists and history buffs will want to own and study. It will also appeal to those who appreciate books as works of art, for it is handsomely designed and contains a great number of unusual photographs of American Indians bulding and living in their traditional dwellings."--Los Angeles Times Book Review
"A long-needed study...A brilliant and beautiful book. Not for 100 years has there been an attempt to describe the full range of Native Aemrican buildings, but it has been worth the wait for this magnificent survey that covers the breadth of the continent from the arctic to northern Mexico."San Francisco Chronicle
"[The authors] disarm the classical prejudice that architecture that is meant to be portable is not as sophisticated as the monumental object that assures its survival through brute materiality."The Philadelphia Inquirer
"A rich, wide-ranging depiction of American Indian culture, belief, and history....The diverse data [about Native American architecture] have never been assembled in a comprehensive study, certainly not one like Nabokov and Easton's, whose scholarly, well-written text is complemented by a remarkable selection of photographs, drawings, and paintings....The illustrations alone make the book a treasure for both the general reader and the specialist."--Natural History
"Good overview, brief cultural information. Could have additional source(s), information, etc. Wish it had more current/contemporaty issues/examples, too. Students find it easy to understand and follow excellent visual support."--Lynn Payson, Iowa State University
"A book that architects and anthropologists and history buffs will want to own and study. It will also appeal to those who appreciate books as works of art, for it is handsomely designed and contains a great number of unusual photographs of American Indians bulding and living in their traditional dwellings."--Los Angeles Times Book Review
"A long-needed study.... A brilliant and beautiful book. Not for 100 years has there been an attempt to describe the full range of Native Aemrican buildings, but it has been worth the wait for this magnificent survey that covers the breadth of the continent from the arctic to northern Mexico."--San Francisco Chronicle
"[The authors] disarm the classical prejudice that architecture that is meant to be portable is not as sophisticated as the monumental object that assures its survival through brute materiality."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
"A rich, wide-ranging depiction of American Indian culture, belief, and history.... The diverse data [about Native American architecture] have never been assembled in a comprehensive study, certainly not one like Nabokov and Easton's, whose scholarly, well-written text is complemented by a remarkable selection of photographs, drawings, and paintings.... The illustrations alone make the book a treasure for both the general reader and the specialist."--Natural History
"Good overview, brief cultural information. Could have additional source(s), information, etc. Wish it had more current/contemporaty issues/examples, too. Students find it easy to understand and follow excellent visual support."--Lynn Payson, Iowa State University
Product Description
Native American Architecture, is the first book-length, fully illustrated study of North American Indian architecture to appear in a century. The product of 15 years of research by an architect and an anthropologist, the book presents the building traditions of the major tribes in nine regional profiles covering the continent--from the huge, plank-house villages of the Northwest Coast to the Moundbuilder towns and temples of the Southeast to the Navajo hogans and adobe Pueblos of the Southwest.
This innovative book is far more than a survey of buildings. Its multidisciplinary approach offers a broad, clear view of the Native American world, resulting in a new understanding of the meaning of their buildings and culture. Nabokov and Easton describe how Indian buildings, as a central element of their culture, were the symbolic summation of tribal activity, and how the settlements secured for their inhabitants a sense of "place" in the environment. Native American architecture, the authors write, must be defined as more than buildings, villages, or camps; the definition must include their use of space, their environment, their social mores, and their religious beliefs. The book thus introduces us to the ancient social customs, economic ways of life, and technological skills of each tribe, emphasizing the major role played by cosmological concepts and ritual life in their architectural systems. Each chapter concludes with an account of traditional Indian building practices under revival or in danger today.
A visually exciting book using historical photographs and drawings, architectural renderings, and specially prepared interp
"A book that architects and anthropologists and history buffs will want to own and study. It will also appeal to those who appreciate books as works of art, for it is handsomely designed and contains a great number of unusual photographs of American Indians bulding and living in their traditional dwellings."--Los Angeles Times Book Review
"A long-needed study...A brilliant and beautiful book. Not for 100 years has there been an attempt to describe the full range of Native Aemrican buildings, but it has been worth the wait for this magnificent survey that covers the breadth of the continent from the arctic to northern Mexico."San Francisco Chronicle
"[The authors] disarm the classical prejudice that architecture that is meant to be portable is not as sophisticated as the monumental object that assures its survival through brute materiality."The Philadelphia Inquirer
"A rich, wide-ranging depiction of American Indian culture, belief, and history....The diverse data [about Native American architecture] have never been assembled in a comprehensive study, certainly not one like Nabokov and Easton's, whose scholarly, well-written text is complemented by a remarkable selection of photographs, drawings, and paintings....The illustrations alone make the book a treasure for both the general reader and the specialist."--Natural History
"Good overview, brief cultural information. Could have additional source(s), information, etc. Wish it had more current/contemporaty issues/examples, too. Students find it easy to understand and follow excellent visual support."--Lynn Payson, Iowa State University
"A book that architects and anthropologists and history buffs will want to own and study. It will also appeal to those who appreciate books as works of art, for it is handsomely designed and contains a great number of unusual photographs of American Indians bulding and living in their traditional dwellings."--Los Angeles Times Book Review
"A long-needed study.... A brilliant and beautiful book. Not for 100 years has there been an attempt to describe the full range of Native Aemrican buildings, but it has been worth the wait for this magnificent survey that covers the breadth of the continent from the arctic to northern Mexico."--San Francisco Chronicle
"[The authors] disarm the classical prejudice that architecture that is meant to be portable is not as sophisticated as the monumental object that assures its survival through brute materiality."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
"A rich, wide-ranging depiction of American Indian culture, belief, and history.... The diverse data [about Native American architecture] have never been assembled in a comprehensive study, certainly not one like Nabokov and Easton's, whose scholarly, well-written text is complemented by a remarkable selection of photographs, drawings, and paintings.... The illustrations alone make the book a treasure for both the general reader and the specialist."--Natural History
"Good overview, brief cultural information. Could have additional source(s), information, etc. Wish it had more current/contemporaty issues/examples, too. Students find it easy to understand and follow excellent visual support."--Lynn Payson, Iowa State University
Product Description
Native American Architecture, is the first book-length, fully illustrated study of North American Indian architecture to appear in a century. The product of 15 years of research by an architect and an anthropologist, the book presents the building traditions of the major tribes in nine regional profiles covering the continent--from the huge, plank-house villages of the Northwest Coast to the Moundbuilder towns and temples of the Southeast to the Navajo hogans and adobe Pueblos of the Southwest.
This innovative book is far more than a survey of buildings. Its multidisciplinary approach offers a broad, clear view of the Native American world, resulting in a new understanding of the meaning of their buildings and culture. Nabokov and Easton describe how Indian buildings, as a central element of their culture, were the symbolic summation of tribal activity, and how the settlements secured for their inhabitants a sense of "place" in the environment. Native American architecture, the authors write, must be defined as more than buildings, villages, or camps; the definition must include their use of space, their environment, their social mores, and their religious beliefs. The book thus introduces us to the ancient social customs, economic ways of life, and technological skills of each tribe, emphasizing the major role played by cosmological concepts and ritual life in their architectural systems. Each chapter concludes with an account of traditional Indian building practices under revival or in danger today.
A visually exciting book using historical photographs and drawings, architectural renderings, and specially prepared interp