Houses of Adobe: Native Dwellings : the Southwest
- ISBN-10
- 0887763537
- ISBN-13
- 9780887763533
- Category
- Adobe houses
- Pages
- 24
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Tundra Books (NY)
- Author
- Bonnie Shemie
Description
Describes the origin, materials, and construction of the adobe villages, houses, and kivas used by the Pueblo Indians and their predecessors in the Four Corners area of the Southwest.
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