Términos

Hotels constructed on a river, lake, or off the coast. For large ships with hotel accommodations and the primary activity of taking tourists on extended excursions, use "cruise ships."

Propietarios o administradores de hoteles.

Revitalized industrial architecture used as hotels, or hotels having a design imitating industrial design.

Native American people of Louisiana; today the Houma people are recognized as "The United Houma Nation."

Guantelete blindado em forma de reloj de arena, popular en el siglo XIV y principios del siglo XV; caracterizado por un puño corto y de forma acampanada y una parte trasera consistente en una placa simple abollonada con la forma de los nudillos y la base del dedo pulgar.

Altars in a domestic setting rather than a public space. Examples have existed since ancient times in many cultures and religions.

Blessings for the home, including cards and plaques, often displayed near the entrance of the home. Common to several cultures.

Private houses where members of a particular religious organization or group meet to pray. Types of house churches include "domus ecclesiae" of the early Christians, protestant worship places in China, and any other meeting places of modern sects or religious organizations whose ceremonies and activities take place in the houses of its members, rather than in a purpose-built church.

Marks of property, incised on the facade of a building, typically in the form of simple patterns of lines.

Object genre including a wide variety of items used in a domestic environment, excluding large furniture. Can include draperies, rugs, decorative items, small furnishings, wallcoverings, and many other types of things, both decorative and functional.

Particular types of institutions of confinement and correction, using hard labor and strict discipline with a view to reformation of the inmates; especially used for such institutions established in the 16th century and later in Europe and colonial America. For general reference to all institutions of correction, use "correctional institutions (institutions)."

Asiento o pequeño pabellón cubierto para dos o más personas sobre el lomo de un elefante o un camello.

Cepillos con una cuchilla ancha y curva; usados para alisar el interior de los barriles.

Refers to long or wide areas of land from which earth has been removed, usually by trenching or excavating. For vertical or deep utilitarian cavities into the earth to extract liquids, use "wells." For shallow wide cavities into the earth for materials extraction or burial, use "pits."

Lugar de entierro público para indigentes, personas desconocidas y criminales.

Cavities in the earth, usually not below ground water level, that are shallow in proportion to their width and generally created for materials extraction or burial.

Herramienta agrícola consistente en una lámina de metal en forma de gancho con un mango corto montado en una espiga. Para herramientas de forma y uso similar, pero caracterizadas por tener la hoja aserrada, use el término tajamatas.

Philosophical concept central to Navajo aesthetics and culture. Advocates for individuals to be balanced and in harmony with other spiritual and material aspects of Navajo life (landscape, community, etc.) In Navajo material culture and art, beauty is achieved through this balance. This concept can be seen expressed in textiles and pottery through their balanced compositions and in sandpainting in its illustrations of interconnected, harmonious relationships between people, animals, spirits, and the land. Also is applied to contemporary art made by Navajo artists.