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PUEBLO INDIANS

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 633 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PUEBLO See also:INDIANS , the See also:Spanish name (pueblo= See also:village) for the See also:town-See also:building tribes of See also:American Indians of the Keresan, Shoshonean, Tanoan and Zuiiian See also:stocks, whose representatives are now practically confined to New See also:Mexico and See also:Arizona. Formerly they had a far greater range. They were alike in their sedentary agricultural characteristics, and had not the warlike disposition of the Plains Indians. Their See also:modern See also:history begins. with their See also:discovery in 1539 by See also:Father Marcos de Niza. In the following See also:year they were subdued by Francisco Vasquez de See also:Coronado. Two years later they made a successful revolt, but in 1586 they had again to submit. In 168o they once more rebelled, but by 1692 they were finally conquered. Their houses are communal, generally but one structure for the whole village. These houses are sometimes built of See also:stone, but oftener of See also:adobe, several storeys high, each See also:storey receding from the one below. The See also:common See also:plan is a hollow square or curved figure, though in some cases the See also:form of a See also:pyramid is followed. A feature of each town is the underground chamber used for tribal ceremonies. Many of the towns are built on high table-lands inaccessible except by steep trails.

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Pueblos are a See also:short, sturdy type of American Indians, very active, but mild-mannered and much darker than those of the plains. They are farmers and herdsmen, and are skilful in See also:basket-See also:work, See also:weaving, pottery and See also:carving. They are notable for their highly See also:developed ceremonial customs, and their blankets and earthenware are decorated with religious symbolism.

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