Friday, June 18, 2010

ADOBES AND KIVAS

ALL OVER TEXAS,NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA ARE PUEBLOS-INDIAN VILLAGES-WHICH THE SPANISH COLONISED CHANGED ITS NAME TO A CHRISTIAN SAINT,ENSLAVED THE PEOPLE AND FOCED THEM TO BUILD A CHURCH.LUCKILY A LOT OF THE EARTH BRICK BUILDINGS (ADOBES) SURVIVE A LONG WITH THEIR LANGUAGES.THIS IS RUINS OF CHURCH AT PECOS.

TAOS CHURCH.
OLDER TAOS CHURCH AND CEMETERY.






ADOBE OVENS.




PRE-14TH CENTURY APPARTMENT BUILDINGS!!SOME COMPLEXES FOUR STORIES HIGH AND 400 PEOPLE LIVED WITHIN.





























SOME OF THE PUEBLOS ARE ARTS AND CRAFTS MARKETS IN MANY OF THE OLD ADOBES.










A KIVA IS AN UNDERGROUND HOUSE COVERED IN WOODEN BEAMS AND GRASSES ENTERED VIA A LADDER IN THE ROOF.










OTHERS BUILT ROOMS BY CARVING OUT SOFT TUFF(COMPRESSSED VOLCANIC ASH).AS MORE KIDS WERE BORN MAKE ANOTHER CAVR. GET TO YOUR CAVE FOR TIME OUT!!











MANY CAVE DWELLINGS ARE ACCESSED BY 60 M OF LADDERS HERE IN BANDOLIER ,JEMEZ RIVER NEW MEXICO.












MASRE BEDROOM.BLACKENED ROOF BY FIRE TO HARDEN THE ROCK!!



























HIS AND HERS WALKIN ROBES.
















TRICHAS CHURCH 1711.

















INSIDE A KIVA-THIS ONE ALSO INSIDE A CAVE!!THE ULTIMATE DWELLINF TO ASPIRE TO.














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