tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">LXXXVIII.

Modern house of a wealthy Navaho 505 LXXXIX. A Yébĭtcai house 511 XC. Diagram plan of hogán, with names of parts 514   Figure 230. The three main timbers of a hogán 489 231. Frame of a hogán, seen from below 491 232. Frame of a doorway 492 233. Ground plan of a summer shelter 495 234. Supporting post in a summer hut 496 235. Ground plan of a summer hut 496 236. Section of a summer hut 497 237. Masonry support for rafters 497 238. A timber-built shelter 498 239. Shelter with partly closed front 499 240. Low earth-covered shelter 500 241. Ground plan of Yébĭtcai house 510 242. Framework of Yébĭtcai house 512 243. Diagram showing measurements of Yébĭtcai house 513 244. Interior of Yébĭtcai house, illustrating nomenclature 516

 

Plate LXXXII.
MAP OF PARTS OF THE NAVAHO RESERVATION
IN ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO
from the atlas sheets of the
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

larger view

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NAVAHO HOUSES

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By Cosmos Mindeleff

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INTRODUCTION

The account of the houses or hogáns of the Navaho Indians which is presented here will be of interest to the student of architecture, it is believed, because data