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Show i9oo] SOUTHWESTERN INDIANS 185 as well as orchards of peaches, are found in the neighborhood of most of the pueblos. There is often a system of irrigation, and dams are built for the storage of water, not only for irrigating purposes, but also for domestic use. The fields are frequently at a distance of many miles from the village; for land with a sufficient amount of moisture to produce crops can be found only at scattered spots. In addition to looking after the fields, the men do the spinning, weaving, knitting, and making of garments of cotton and wool, cotton having been raised by the Pueblo Indians from prehistoric times. They also have to procure fuel, which must often be brought from far- distant points. The women, on the other hand, not only own the house, as among the Navajo, but also do the building, though it is the duty of the men to supply the larger wooden rafters and beams. The women must also carry the water, which in the case of those living on high elevations, like the Hopi, is no easy task. The grinding of meal and preparing of food take a large portion of their time. In addition to this they make the pottery, for which the Pueblo region has become famous. 1 The social organization is by villages rather than 1 Holmes, " Pottery of the Ancient Pueblos " ( Bureau of Ethnology, Fourth Annual Report); Cushing, " A Study of Pueblo Pottery" ( ibid.)-, Fewkes, " Archaeological Expedition to Arizona *' ( ibid., Seventeenth A nnual Report); Hough,'' Archaeological Field- Work in Northeastern Arizona" ( U. S. National Museum, Report for 1901). |