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Post by fingerandtoeglenn on Oct 20, 2014 7:45:38 GMT -8
Here are the three Navajo Hogans almost ready for release. I have press releases to write and the file upload yet to do. Hogans are traditional Navajo dwellings for a single family. Many are decorated with exquisite Navajo rugs. The door always faces east. There are almost no towns on the reservation, and families are scattered miles apart. It's not uncommon to find small groupings of all three versions of the hogan: a traditional log with dirt roof, a late nineteenth century, early twentieth century wood building with a dirt roof, and a modern version with siding and a shingled roof. All three versions are hogans north of Gallup, NM, on the way to Shiprock.    Each hogan has a removable roof that reveals an interior. |
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Post by wackyanne on Oct 21, 2014 4:39:24 GMT -8
This is really exciting - my background is in anthropology and archaeology, and the southwest offers fascinating cultural continuities into the present day. It's great that you are bringing to life such unique models!
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Post by fingerandtoeglenn on Oct 21, 2014 7:12:30 GMT -8
Beuing from New Mexico (as much as a military brat is from anywhere), I went to the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. My best friends and best man was an anthro major and is now a retired professor of anthropology. During our undergrad years, he dragged me from dig to dig (they have beer) so I got quite an insight. Then I married a girl from Gallup New Mexico on the edge of the Navajo Reservation. My interest kind of comes naturally. Which is a long-winded way of getting to retelling the old anthropology joke: a Navajo family consists of a mother, father, children, grandparents, and an anthropologist.
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Each hogan has a removable roof that reveals an interior.