10685
Accession Number
23111
Editor
Lipe, William D.; Hegmon, Michelle
Title Of Article Chaper
Social Integration and Architecture - 2
Title Of Journal Book
The architecture of social integration in prehistoric pueblos
Pages
44330
Collation
0.916666667
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Publisher
Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
Publisher City
Cortez (Colorado)
ISBN
0-9624640-0-7
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Architectural remains delineate prehistoric communities, and architectural spaces and boundaries - the built environment - help to create the social order that maintains living communities. This chapter examines the role of architecture in the social integration of non-hierarchical societies. Group rituals are essential to that integration, and architecture provides both shelter and symbolic content for the rituals. Social groups are often united or divided by the construction and use of shared structures. In ethnographically known Pueblo societies architecture is closely tied to ritual and ritual societies, though many social groupings are not differentiated architecturally. Pueblo architecture thus discourages extreme social segmentation and contributes to social integration.
Keywords
social integration;architecture;pueblo;rituals;group
pub_id
10685