Architecture: Southwest

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Article abstract: Architecture in the Southwest evolved from the crude pit house to the magnificent stone pueblos {$IPueblo dwellings{/I}} of the prehistoric Anasazi, and then to pueblos built in the historic period in the Rio Grande Valley and at Zuñi and Hopi.

All three prehistoric cultures in the Southwest were pit house builders. The Mogollon constructed circular pit houses grouped in small villages of fifteen to twenty families. The Hohokam built square or rectangular pit houses randomly scattered over a large area (the settlement at Snaketown covers...

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