Jornada Mogollon
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:26 pmAcross the way from the petroglyphs was a Jornada Mogollon village - hopefully you'll be able to read the first pic:
Following are some of the homes, that changed as time passed. First this is their home of about 1000 years ago. The great mass would keep it warm in the winter and cool in the summer. The fireplace would have been for heating and cooking. An animal hide was probably used at the door:
As the village grew the people stopped building pit house and started building adobe surface houses. These sometimes had several connecting rooms. In the pic below 3 rooms have been excavated to show how they might have lived. Rooms were small, but they had no furniture, probably slept on mats on the floor and they most likely spent most of their time outdoors. Usually people buried their dead beneath the floors of their home. Two such burials were found here during the reconstruction of this home:
Finally, this is of a later period and more complex. The floor was cut into gypsum; the roof made of logs, branches and mud. It's believed (as the others above are also) to be the home of a single family. The small doorway indicated the size of the people. Men are thought to have been about 5'4 and women no more than 5'. Having a small entrance would have retained the room's heat and strengthened the structure overall.
And Sparkle looks like she fits perfect in there, doesn't she?
Following are some of the homes, that changed as time passed. First this is their home of about 1000 years ago. The great mass would keep it warm in the winter and cool in the summer. The fireplace would have been for heating and cooking. An animal hide was probably used at the door:
As the village grew the people stopped building pit house and started building adobe surface houses. These sometimes had several connecting rooms. In the pic below 3 rooms have been excavated to show how they might have lived. Rooms were small, but they had no furniture, probably slept on mats on the floor and they most likely spent most of their time outdoors. Usually people buried their dead beneath the floors of their home. Two such burials were found here during the reconstruction of this home:
Finally, this is of a later period and more complex. The floor was cut into gypsum; the roof made of logs, branches and mud. It's believed (as the others above are also) to be the home of a single family. The small doorway indicated the size of the people. Men are thought to have been about 5'4 and women no more than 5'. Having a small entrance would have retained the room's heat and strengthened the structure overall.
And Sparkle looks like she fits perfect in there, doesn't she?
