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mode of life of their inhabitants. Massed together and built of 

 adobes of rock laid in mud-mortar, and reared in tiers or terraces 

 of from two to three or more stories high, they admirably fulfill 



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Fig. 4. Terrace Houses in the Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico. 



the triple purpose of a durable architecture, a communistic plan 

 of living, and as a fortress in the event of an attack from outside 

 marauders. 



