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Great Houses (complexes)

Scope note

Use for large, multistory, multiroom complex dwellings of the Anasazi and Hohokam periods, mostly dating from 950 to 1150 CE; distinguished from "pueblos (housing complexes)" by their often D-shaped outline, cohesive planned design, and location in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico, and parts of Arizona.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000252504

Broader Terms used

<housing complexes by form>

Term used for

Houses, Great

Equivalent Terms used

Great House

Created

13yrs ago

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