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PETER-ADOBE
1981-RR-330
June 28, 1981  Adobe Stage (soundman apologizes for limitation of recording equipment)

Reel #1
[Monica Goubaud - presenter fr. New Mexico]
Mike Guterrey - wood carver
Carmen Velarde - fireplace builder in Taos

Hispanic house - background historically, geographically - composition of bricks, thermal function, energy efficiency; personal recollections by Carmen Velarde of Taos' traditional structure and modern adaptations

Oven (horno) - behive oven
Jose Paul Concha of Taos Pueblo
Rose Concha - Taos
Crucity Mondragon - Taos
Lorencita Lujan - Taos
Peter Nabokov - Presenter - Taos

- composition & construction of oven
- traditional break & baking methods unique to adobe (Mrs. Lujan)
-Taos architecture in Taos pueblo; history of water supply; adobe as "living material; comment life, annual festival (San Geronimo); pueblo revolt against the Spanish;