test 1 Flashcards
what is the pueblo world view?
humans beings have a spiritual obligation to replay the ancient act of emergence, and to don masks and special garments to impersonate and personify the spiritual forces of the world
what is the significance of the striped clowns in pueblo culture?
the striped clowns symbolize the four directions
what are the four corners of the southwest?
arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah
what are 10 groups of people that lived in the south west
O’odham
zuni
hopi
acoma
navajo
apache
rio grande
anasazi
mimbres
hohokam
where did the Navajo and apache immigrate from?
northwest canada and Alaska
what does the Navajo word “anasazi” mean?
enemy ancestors
what was the original permanent form of puebloan architecture?
a modest-looking semisubterranean structure knows as a pit house
what is a sipapu?
a hole in the floor of a kiva that served as a symbol of the opening into the underworld from which the first people emerged
what were many of the ancient structures orientated towards?
they were orientated towards the heavens and the underworld
what are kivas?
a semisubterranean circular pit house with an entrance hole in the roof
what were kivas primarily used for?
they were primarily for family ritual and ceremonial gathering
what was one of the earliest know artifact from the southwest?
fiber arts
what materials were primarily used for weaving baskets, sandals and clothing?
yucca fibres and other plant materials
what were some practical uses of fibre arts?
strength for carrying a basket or sandals, aesthetics for a gift basket or a water tight food basket
what is the most common colour scheme for puebloan pottery?
black and white is the most widespread tradition
what are 5 kinds of pottery made in the south west?
mugs with handles
bowls
wide shouldered water jars
seed jars
animal effigy forms
what was the most common kind of mimbres pottery?
the hemispheric bowl
when was the classic mimbres period?
early 12th century
in the early mimbres period what was the most common kind of pot?
hard coiled bowls that were smoothed and shaped, then painted with black and white slips before firing
where have most of the mimbres bowls been found?
in burials beneath the floors of simple one-story apartment complexes
what do modern pueblo people view the sky and the earth?
the sky is a dome that rests upon the earth like an inverted bowl, the dome sky can be pierced to allow passage between different worlds
what was the most common hohokam architecture?
earthen platform mounds and pit houses
what was a very advanced creation that the hohokam people are responsible for?
a complex irrigation system that brought water down from nearby mountains
what triggered the collapse of the economy at chaco canyon?
a severe drought
when was the pueblo revolt?
1680
what was the pueblo revolt?
when the peublo people overthrow the Spanish and torn down churches and built up kivas
what was the part that kivas play in the pueblo world view?
the village was the heart of the world and the kiva was the heart of the village, therefore the kivas was the heart of the world
what was the most used material in pueblo architecture?
adobe bricks
what was a dance plaza?
a place where community ceremonies and rituals take place
what is katsinam?
a pueblo belief that elemental forces of nature is embodied in supernatural beings named katsinam
in pueblo belif who are able to don the spiritual masks?
only men
what do the masks symbolize in pueblo culture?
they allow the gods to become a manifest
what do pueblo people insist about the masks?
the masks should not be displayed as art objects and should not be displayed in museums
what do most pueblos do with the masks after they are used in ceremony?
the masks are dismantled after ceremonial use or at least the paint is scraped off
what does the study of pueblo pottery offer us insight in to?
the scientific process, traditional world view and ever adaptable modern process of creating art