Abstract
The enterprise of colonization and Christianization of Californias's
native population implied the imposition of a new order on the territory
which included the modification of existing settlement patterns and
architectural forms. This article views this process through written
descriptions of indigenous settlements and housing, previous to and during
the mission period, both traditional tule architecture and the adobe rooms
provided by the missions. The comparison of descriptions of native
settlements given by different social actors (explorers, friars,
administrators and visitors to the region) reflect distinct ways of
perceiving the indigenous settlements, the need for European housing and
the conditions the new housing provided.
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