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100 1 _aMorgan, Lewis Henry,
_d1818-1881
245 1 0 _aHouses and House-Life of the American Aborigines
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2005
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2005-05-01
508 _aProduced by Juliet Sutherland, Robert Prince, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
520 _a"Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines" by Lewis Henry Morgan is an anthropological study published in the late 19th century. The work focuses on the architectural designs and domestic structures of various Native American tribes, examining how these were influenced by social organization and communal living patterns. The opening of the text introduces Morgan's intention to provide a comprehensive analysis of the houses and living arrangements of American aborigines as a continuation of his prior work, "Ancient Society." He outlines a methodological framework to understand the interconnectedness of housing, social structures, and cultural practices among tribes from different periods of development. Morgan argues that aboriginal housing forms, from the Long Houses of the Iroquois to various adobe structures in New Mexico, reflect the collective organization of society and familial relations, emphasizing the communal rather than individualistic nature of living arrangements. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aIndians of North America -- Dwellings
653 _aIndians of North America -- Social life and customs
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8112
999 _c50097
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