USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Adobe is mud and straw mixed together and dried to make a strong brick-like material. Pueblo peoples stacked these bricks to make the walls of the house. Gaps between the bricks were filled with more mud to block the wind, rain, and to keep out bugs and other unwanted pests.

Detailed explanation-2: -Clay mixed with water and small pieces of plant material. In pueblos, adobe is usually used to plaster walls, roofs, and sometimes floors. When adobe dries, it forms a hard surface that helps keep the inside of the house warm and dry. These photographs show two chunks of adobe from ancient Pueblo houses.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pueblo buildings are most commonly constructed from adobe, though stone was also used where available, for instance at Chaco Canyon. The buildings have flat roofs supported by rough-hewn wooden beams called vigas and smaller perpendicular laths or latillas. The vigas typically extend through the exterior wall surface.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pueblo IV architecture was made from “puddled adobe” (mud laid in horizontal layers to build up walls), stone and sod blocks. Multi-storied residences were geometrically arranged around large plazas that included ceremonial kivas. Doors and windows were minimized, and ladders were used to access upper level buildings.