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Pueblos, Adobe, and El Paso's Mission Trail

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Pueblos, Adobe, and El Paso's Mission Trail

August 20, 2026

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Adobe architecture in the American Southwest combined ancient Old World building traditions with Indigenous techniques developed long before Spanish colonization. Pueblo peoples of the region built multistory communal dwellings of stone, adobe, and earth-roof construction using vigas, latillas, and…

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