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Ancient American architecture

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Ancient Architects of the Mississippi
The Ancient Architects of the Mississippi were Native American travellers, traders, farmers, who built mounds and thrived in towns along the Mississippi. Includes information on the culture of the period and surviving structures.
http://www.nps.gov/archeology/FEATURE/FEATURE.HTM|

Early Monumental Architecture of the Peruvian Coast
A lengthy essay, with some illustrations.
http://www.jqjacobs.net/andes/coast.html|

Native Pre-Contact Housing: Types, map distribution, construction
Descriptions of pre-contact Native north American housing types, with illustrations, maps, and construction methods.
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/houses/housingmap.html|

Sipapu - Chetro Ketl Great Kiva
This site presents a three-dimensional reconstruction of a Great Kiva, an architectural feature found in many prehistoric Anasazi communities in the Southwestern United States.
http://sipapu.gsu.edu/html/kiva.html|

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