Thatched Roofs and Open Sides: The Architecture of Chickees and Their Changing Role in Seminole Society Contributor(s): Dilley, Carrie (Author)
Thatched Roofs and Open Sides: The Architecture of Chickees and Their Changing Role in Seminole Society Contributor(s): Dilley, Carrie (Author)
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Thatched Roofs and Open Sides: The Architecture of Chickees and Their Changing Role in Seminole Society
Contributor(s): Dilley, Carrie (Author)
Publisher: University Press of Florida
US SRP: $21.90
Binding: Paperback
Copyright Date: 2018
Pub Date: September 25, 2018
Physical Info: 0.49" H x 9.0" L x 6.0" W (0.71 lbs) 216 pages
In Thatched Roofs and Open Sides, Carrie Dilley reveals the design, construction, history, and cultural significance of the chickee, the unique Seminole structure made of palmetto and cypress.
Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians Award of Excellence for a Book In Thatched Roofs and Open Sides, Carrie Dilley reveals the design, construction, history, and cultural significance of the chickee, the unique Seminole structure made of palmetto and cypress. Dilley illustrates how the multipurpose structure has developed over time to meet the changing needs of the Seminole Tribe.
Carrie Dilley is visitor services and development manager at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Seminole Indian Museum in Clewiston, Florida. She is the former architectural historian of the Seminole Tribe of Florida Tribal Historic Preservation Office.
"Adds an important chapter to a rather sparse, albeit growing, literature on Indigenous design and architecture. . . . Rebukes the view that tribes in the Americas only had teepees and igloos."-- Journal of Native American and Indigenous Studies
"Presents a compelling examination of the chickee that is as much ethnohistory as architectural history."-- H-Net "Never before has there been a systematic study of chickees. . . . An informative and detailed exploration of chickees at the intersection of architectural history and cultural analysis."-- Florida Historical Quarterly