Abstract
Both the vibrant contemporary Indian populations (particularly within the Navajo and Pueblo Indian homelands) and the prehistoric landscapes of the Anasazi, as seen through numerous pueblo and cliff dwelling ruins, the Hohokam, and the Mogollon are discussed in this chapter. Given the diversity of Native American populations and cultural landscapes in the Southwest, this chapter focuses upon two groups: Pueblo Indians and their Anasazi ancestors; and the Navajo, with lesser attention given to the Apache and O’odham landscapes. The characteristics of their dwellings and other structures, settlement patterns, and sacred places are discussed. This chapter introduces the homeland concept, using groups that have occupied the same lands for a millennia, although their populations have been strongly influenced by acculturation from both Hispanic and Anglo groups over the past several centuries. This region displays some of the most distinct and best documented examples of ethnic landscapes in the nation—landscapes in which the ethnicity of their populations are pervasive.
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Cross, J.A. (2017). Native American Landscapes in the American Southwest. In: Ethnic Landscapes of America. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54009-2_4
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