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Zuni Indians: Pueblo Style
built 640 days ago
In the mid-thirteenth century, a major shift occurred in the settlement patterns of the Zuni area. The occupation of virtually all small pueblos was relinquished and fewer, much larger, plaza-oriented settlements were founded in areas where more intensive agriculture was possible. In the drainage of the Zuni River alone, more than 37 of these large villages were occupied between A.D. 1250 and 1540, incorporating an estimated 10,000 rooms. Initially, many of the large pueblos in the Zuni area were only inhabited for relatively brief intervals, as short as 20 to 30 years. As the occupation of one pueblo was relinquished, another was founded somewhere else in the drainage of Zuni River. The settlement pattern in the late prehistoric era ... entailed the occupation of 8 to 12 large pueblo villages at any one time.
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Each of the distinctive, Hopi, Zuni and Navajo silversmiths have a style unique to themselves. The Hopi Indians produce an overlay style; they cut a design out of a flat piece of silver, joining that piece to another piece and then oxidizing the inside of the first piece in a base relief pattern.
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Zuni fetishes are truly charming works of art. Each Zuni carver has his own style and each fetish has its own personality. Whether you are buying a fetish for spiritual, medicinal, as a collector or as a pet, there is one thing about a fetish, they do speak to your soul.
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