Originally planned as part of Ancient Society, this study argues that the dwellings of Native American peoples express their social organisation, hospitality and communal living. Morgan moves from northern longhouses to the pueblos of New Mexico, the ruins of the San Juan, the mound-builders, the Aztecs and the Maya of Yucatan.
A founding work of American anthropology, though its scheme of savagery and barbarism reflects the ideas of 1881. Download the free EPUB.