MODERN^ PUEBLOS. 71 



Arrangement of Building.s. The niodcM'ii \'illages 

 present three types of arrangement. A large square 

 or rectangular building, terraced back from all four 

 sides results in a pyramid which is easily defended. 

 The common prehistoric arrangement around an en- 

 closed court from which the upper stories recede is still 

 found. The third type has the houses in long parallel 

 rows terraced back from the streets. 



In the Rio Grande region Taos has two large houses 

 of the pyramidal type on either side of a beautiful 

 stream. One of these is five and the other four stories 

 high. San Ildefonso, Jemez, Santa Clara, and San 

 Felipe have one or more enclosed courts. Acoma is an 

 excellent example of the third sort. It has three rows 

 of three story houses, terraced back from the streets. 

 Santo Domingo and San Juan have a similar arrange- 

 ment. 



Zuni combines both the first and second types of 

 arrangement. It is terraced back from the outside but 

 also has several courts within, in one of which the old 

 church is situated. It is intersected by a number of 

 covered passageways or streets leading to the interior. 



It is at Hopi that structures more like those of pre- 

 historic and early Spanish times are found. One of 

 the smaller pueblos, Shipaulovi, is built about a square 

 court from which it is terraced back and upon which the 

 lower terrace has its openings. Several of the other 

 pueblos show signs of having been first built around a 

 court and then added to as the village grew in numbers 

 until there are now several courts. Mishongnovi has 



