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| writing about a group of people |
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Study of an ethnic group(s), culture(s), etc. usually via comparison |
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| Initial/first of its type |
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| List the three basic architectual forms |
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circle, triangle square basic forms of mandala |
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| Who were the three people noted to be the founders of archetypes? |
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| Pythagoras, Plato, Carl Jung |
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| Pythagoras date and relevance? |
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| 582-507 B.C., each person a microcosm |
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| Plato, date and relevance? |
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427-347 BC, idea a circle?
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| Circle with dot in center |
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| Carl Jung, date and relevance? |
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1875-1961, "Archetypes of Collective Unconscious" Circle = universal image |
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| Existance = matter and spirit living seperately |
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Inanimate things possess a life form Everything is alive or has life |
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| Sengei, date and relevance? |
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1750-1837, Universe (Square, Triangle, Circle) reading from right to left. |
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| What did the square mean to Sengai? |
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| What did the circle mean to Sengai? |
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| What did the triangle mean to Sengai? |
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| What is "imago mundi," both literally and figuratively? |
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"image of the world" --the house is a physical image or representation of the world. |
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| What is A-frame principal of construction? Give an example. |
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Logs laid in the shape of an A: /\ Ex. Miwok |
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| What is an undifferentiated structure? give an example |
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rafters/roof the same, contiguous tepee, miwok housing |
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Deities of Pueblo (Hopi, Acoma) peoples |
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| List the three parts of Rites of Passage as described by Arnold van Gennep. |
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Separation Transition Re-incorporation |
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| What shape is the Hopi kiva? |
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| What shape is the Acoma Kiva? |
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| In the Kiva, how many worlds are there? |
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| In the Kiva, what is the 1st world, and what is it represented by? |
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"Endless Space" the Sipapu symbolizes place of emergence of ancestors Where "first people" are from |
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| Hole in the floor of a kiva that represents the emergence hole of the deities/ancestors from the 1st world |
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| In the Kiva, what is the 2nd world and what is it represented by? |
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"Dark midnight" Chosen People represented by Lower floor/walls (cold?) |
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| In the Kiva, what is the 3rd world and what is it represented by? |
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"Creation," where animals were supposedly created... and "Spider women?" Ancestors Represented by upper flor/wall (water?) |
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| In the Kiva, what is the 4th world and what is it represented by? |
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The world complete Earth, land above the Kiva |
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Origin of certain styles of architecture from creation myths e.g. Kiva (Pueblo Hopi/Acoma) Hogan (Navajo) |
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| In Black Elk Speaks,what is the location of things in the Great Vision? |
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Hoop to S Grandfather to N Bow to W Sun to E FLOWERING TREE in CENTER |
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| The Turkmen call their dwelling a ______. |
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| The Mongolians call their dwelling a ________. |
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| The Turkmen and Mongolians live ___________ lifestyles. |
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| Who was Genghis Khan? Give dates. |
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1162-1227, united many of the tribes of NE Asia and founded the Mongol empire. Originally named Temujin |
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| Date of Mongolian Empire? |
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| Who was Kublai Khan, date? |
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| Grandson of Genghis Khan (1215-1294) |
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| What are the Eight Great White Ordon? |
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| 8 Ordos/Yurts spread about the Altai Mountains in commemoration of Genghis Khan |
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| What mountains are synonymous with the Mongols? |
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| What element were the Kachina sometimes seen as? |
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| What tribe and band is Black Elk a member of? |
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| Lakota, Ogala OF THE SIOUX NATION |
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| Black Elk's seasons are demarcated in what way? |
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| In Black Elk Speaks, how many grandfathers are there? |
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| In Black Elk Speaks, how many directions are there? |
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| 6, up, down, cardinal directions |
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| In B.E.S., who is the 6th grandfather? |
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| What is Black Elk's spirit name? |
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| In the Kiva, how is the ladder distinguished among other ladders? |
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| In the Kiva, what is the ladder made of (traditionally)? |
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| In the Kiva, what does the ladder stand for? |
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| In the Yurt, what is the name of the lattice wall structure? |
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| In the Yurt, what is the architectual name of the hole in the roof? |
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| In the Yurt, what is the laymen's term for the hole in the ceiling? |
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| In the Yurt, what is the native name for the hole in the ceiling? |
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| What is the name that the Navajo give themselves? |
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| What is the name of the Navajo myth charter? |
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| To the Dineh, wife of the Sun |
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stacking of logs/rafters/etc. to make a conical spiral pattern As seen on the female hogan |
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| What is the movement pattern in a Hogan? |
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| What is a sunwise pattern of movement in a Hogan? |
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| Enters, encircles hearth on SOUTH side in a clockwise direction and exits by the NORTH side |
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| In what direction do hogans face? |
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| E, towards the rising sun |
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| In what direction does the Yurt/Gher face? |
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| E or SW, depending on the tribe |
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| to the Dineh, symbolic 'dry painting' in coloured earths -- healing ceremony where the sick sits in the center and is healed OFTEN A CHILD |
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| What happens in the Hogan when someone dies? |
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| Body is removed through an opening made in the NORTH wall and the hogan is abanoned and allowed to collapse |
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| On what side of the hogan is a deceased inhabitant removed? |
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| What anthropological concepts does the likaah possess? |
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| contagion, anthropomorphism, animatism |
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repitition of similar forms seen in the corbelled roof of the female hogan |
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| Lakota 'Great Spirit,' or 'God' |
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| What is the name of the Great Spirit according to Black Elk? |
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| What is the name of the flowering tree in the center of the hoop of the world in B.E.S.? |
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| According to B.E.S., where is the center of the world? |
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| anywhere, you carry your center with you |
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| How many logs typically/ideally make up a hogan? |
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| What row of the Hogan is traditionally where corbelling begins? |
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| Kinship for the Dineh is __________. |
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| matrilineal and matrilocal |
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| Navajo/Dineh concept of beauty, "elemental rightness..." core of Navajo belief |
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| God of Dogon people, created the world |
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| Where do the Dogon reside? |
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republic of Mali SOUTH of Niger River |
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| Where do the Dogon typically reside? |
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| Why do the Dogon live on the sides of cliffs? |
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| Originally to escape the Toreh raiders |
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| What do Dogon houses consist of? |
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| What is the toguna? Where is it traditionally located? |
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Open-sided, post and lintel thatch roof house where priests/men gather Represents the head of a village (N), just below the Smithy |
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| In a Dogon village, where is the smithy? |
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| furthest N point of the "seed" shaped village |
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| In the Dogon village, family houses are located ______ and represent the _______. |
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| center of the village, chest |
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| In the Dogon village, __________ represent female genitals. |
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| In the Dogon village, ________ represents the male genitalia |
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| In the Dogon village, _________ represent the feet. |
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In the Dogon village, Women's houses are located on the __________ and represent the __________. Men's houses are on the __________ side and represent the _________. |
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| West, left hand; East, right hand |
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| to the Dogon, the big house of a lineage cluster |
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| What does the ginu da generally represent as a whole? |
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| the human body, specifically a male lying on his right side in the act of procreation |
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| In the ginu da, the head is represented by the __________. |
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| In the ginu da, the hearth stones represent the _________. |
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| central room of the ginu da, represents the belly |
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| In the ginu da, what represents the belly? |
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| In the ginu da, breasts are symbolized as ____________. |
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| In the ginu da, ________ are symbolized as jars of water. |
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| In the ginu da, grinding stones are represented as _________. |
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| In the ginu da, limbs are represented by what? |
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| goat houses and storage rooms (stores) |
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| employment of animal forms and metaphors |
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| Community house to the Tukanoan people |
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| Where do the Tukanoan people live? |
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| Between Colombia and Brazil |
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| On what river do the Tukanoan people live? |
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| In the malocca, where does the male end of the house face? |
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| On what side of the malocca are visitors received? |
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| On what side of the malocca is the women's side? |
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| Malocca houses, and tukanoan culture in general is of ___________ lineage. |
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Tukanoan initiation rituals Hidden from women by a rattan screen |
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| In B.E.S, white people are called _______? |
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| What are the 5 eastern elements? |
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| earth, wood, metal, water, fire |
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| In the pit houses, on which side of the smoke hole does the notched-log entry ladder normally rest against? |
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| What are the dates for the Jomon Period? |
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| 3-4 ft deep, 10-20 ft diameter oval "pit house" of the Jomon |
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| What jewels are under each post in the Hogan? |
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| white shell, turquoise, abalone, obsidian |
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| What are the typical dimensions of the Kiva? |
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| What is the name of the Turkic yurt? |
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| What is the name of the Dineh diety? |
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| The male hogan is modeled after... ? |
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| Promontory on Gobernador Knob Mountain |
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| Female hogan is modeled after? |
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| Unwalled shade shelters of sticks for the Dineh |
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| What is the forked stick hogan? |
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