Architecture
This iconic type of dwelling, made from adobe and stone, is often built into cliffs or stacked like apartments.
What is a pueblo?
What century did the mass migration of Puebloans occur?
What is the 13th century (around 1200 AD)?
Puebloan architecture reflected this deeply held value about how people should live.
What is the importance of community?
These natural materials made Pueblo buildings biodegradable and easily repairable. (Name 2)
What are adobe, stone, and wood?
This is one theory about why the Puebloans left their settlements.
What is drought, resource scarcity, or social unrest?
This type of dance ceremony was used to bring rain or blessings to the crops.
What is a rain dance?
This house in a Puebloan development used for cooking and fires.
What is a pithouse.
What region in the U.S. is most known for continuing Puebloan-style architecture today?
What is the American Southwest?
This was the main crop grown by the Puebloans, often referred to as one of the "Three Sisters."
What is corn (maize).
These defensive features allowed the Puebloans to protect their communities in times of threat.
What are elevated entrances or ladders that could be pulled up?
Spanish missionaries tried to replace traditional Pueblo beliefs with this religion.
What is Catholocism.
This traditional practice was used to pass down stories and beliefs before writing.
What is oral tradition?
In the modern day, what is a second major architectural influence in Pueblo Revival.
Spanish Architecture/Revival
This 1680 event was a successful indigenous revolt against Spanish colonization.
What is the Pueblo Revolt?
Although the Spanish introduced new religious practices, this method helped the Puebloans preserve their traditional beliefs under the surface of Catholic rituals.
What is syncretism/cultural syncretism?