AMER IND M10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Passive Solar Building Design, Ancestral Puebloans, Taos, New Mexico
3 Oct 2016
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Very large amount of tribes in california alone, close to 500. A very loose, inexact term which describes people living in an area with similar cultural aspects. Roughly 7-9 culture areas in north america. Terms like northeast to allow for a crude conversation on a specific set of groups. The most complex culture area, the only one with the name of a state. They used very complex tactics and technologies in california such as boats with a waterproof coating. Meaning how one group views the world, cosmology, etc . What are the values that dictate and govern proper social interaction: this might not only be around human beings, may also be with the spirits. There may be overlap within different culture"s worldview. Allows for people to question their role in the world with questions such as o o o. What did i do to make that happen? . What didn"t i do to make that happen? .
