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... have resulted from the circular form by the bringing together within a limited area of many houses.... This partition would naturally be built straight as a two-fold measure of economy."[2] This opinion is confirmed by Mr. Cushing's observations among the Zuni villages, where the pueblos have circular forms on the outskirts. Thus the shape of the typical primitive dwelling is seen to be fully accounted for as the product of practical considerations alone. ...

— Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 • Various

... returning, one day or several more days can be spent in visiting the salient promontories—Moran, Zuni, Papago, Pinal and Lipan Points—and then descending the most eastern trail of the Grand Canyon, known as the ...

— The Grand Canyon of Arizona: How to See It, • George Wharton James

... the last month of the old Mexican year all the fires both in the temples and in the houses were extinguished, and the priest kindled a new fire by rubbing two sticks against each other before the image of the fire-god.[329] The Zuni Indians of New Mexico kindle a new fire by the friction of wood both at the winter and the summer solstice. At the winter solstice the chosen fire-maker collects a faggot of cedar-wood from every house in the village, and each person, as he hands the wood to the fire-maker, prays that the crops ...

— Balder The Beautiful, Vol. I. • Sir James George Frazer

... husbands become additional defenders and providers within the group. Where the husband is to settle in the family of the wife, a test is consequently often made of his ability as a provider. Among the Zuni Indians there is no purchase price, no general exchange of gifts; but as soon as the agreement is reached, the young ...

— Sex and Society • William I. Thomas

Words linked to "Zuni" : pueblo