Dennis Holloway, An Architect in Northern New Mexico

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Acoma Pueblo Reconstruction from 1934 HABS Project and USGS Survey Data

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The HABS 1934 ACOMA MODEL

During the 1998-99 winter months, I began work on the reconstruction of Acoma Pueblo (Sky City) using data from the drawings and measurements made in the 1934 Historic American Buildings Survey Project (HABS). Here is a sneak preview of the work-to-date. This was a slow and painstaking project, however, during the many hours I spent in construction, I began to experience Old Acoma with a sense of place in the details. This detail is what I have been looking for in my efforts to recreate Native American places.

I am grateful to Peter Nabokov for his publication of the HABS architects' measured drawings, ARCHITECTURE OF ACOMA PUEBLO, The 1934 Historic American Buildings Survey Project, Ancient City Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico,1986. The information contained therein was the basis for this detailed model.

VR Panoramic view of model.

!SEE ALSO: Acoma VR Model Path Animation!

Above is the preliminary site topo model of the rock mesa upon which Old Acoma Pueblo Sky City was built more than 900 years ago, making this site one of the longest continuously inhabited places in North America.


View West of North "street" of Acoma Pueblo

Detail model view of Acoma "Block #6" from HABS data.

View Southwest of Acoma model.

Please expand screen and use scrolling to see entire model below.

View North of Acoma model. (Someday I will build the doors and windows of this model!)

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