pueblos
Southwestern communal dwellings
Pueblos is the plural of pueblo, a Spanish word meaning village or town, used in English for the communal adobe or stone dwellings built by certain Native American peoples in the American Southwest: The ancient pueblos at Mesa Verde draw thousands of visitors.
The word also refers to the peoples who built and inhabit these structures—the Pueblo Indians.
In Spanish-speaking regions, pueblo simply means any small town or village.
Pueblo ceremonial chamber
- adobeSun-dried clay bricks
- terracedArranged in successive levels
- courtyardEnclosed open-air space
- plazaPublic open square
ladder · rooftop · corbels · parapet · portals · beams · lintels · stucco
Pre-Columbian Four Corners people
- Mesa VerdeColorado cliff-dwelling preserve
- cliff dwellingsHomes built into rockfaces
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- kivasPueblo ceremonial rooms
pottery · petroglyphs · archaeological · excavation · prehistoric · heritage · artifacts · ceremonial
Sun-dried clay bricks
- sun-driedDehydrated by daylight
- earthenMade of clay
- sandstoneCemented grain sediment
- timberWood for construction
straw · mortar · layered · puddled · coursed · load-bearing · insulating · weathered
Small rural community
- plazaPublic open square
- communityCollective of connected people
- dwellingsPlaces of residence
- multistoryHaving several floors
clustered · communal · residential · rooms · rooftops · defensive · compact · agricultural
Pueblo people of Arizona
- ZuniNative southwestern pueblo-dwellers
- TaosNorthern New Mexico art community
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- tribalOf a clan
cacique · moiety · matrilineal · sacred · ceremonial · dances · feast days · weaving
kiva
Pueblo ceremonial chamber
plaza · ladder · rooftop · corbels · parapet · portals · beams · lintels · stucco · plaster
Ancestral Puebloans
Pre-Columbian Four Corners people
- Mesa VerdeColorado cliff-dwelling preserve
- cliff dwellingsHomes built into rockfaces
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
kivas · pottery · petroglyphs · archaeological · excavation · prehistoric · heritage · artifacts · ceremonial · irrigation
adobe
Sun-dried clay bricks
timber · straw · mortar · layered · puddled · coursed · load-bearing · insulating · weathered · maintained
village
Small rural community
multistory · clustered · communal · residential · rooms · rooftops · defensive · compact · agricultural · riverine
Hopi
Pueblo people of Arizona
- ZuniNative southwestern pueblo-dwellers
- TaosNorthern New Mexico art community
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
tribal · cacique · moiety · matrilineal · sacred · ceremonial · dances · feast days · weaving · silverwork
- comunidadesbarrios, colonias, villas, areas, neighborhoods
- Southwestmesa, Monument Valley, Arizona, New Mexico, Grand Canyon
- Four CornersFour Corners, Colorado Plateau, Monument Valley, Canyonlands, Navajo Nation
- historic settlementsghost town, ghost towns, abandoned village, deserted town, frontier towns
- Indigenous MexicoAztec, Maya, Zapotec, Olmec, Toltec
- indigenous technologyadobe, baskets, canoes, dugouts, fish traps
pueblosmetropolises
Large, densely populated cities
megalopolises · capitals · urban centers · cities · conurbations