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Anasazi culture-Mr.B-SS-T1
Question | Answer |
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Anasazi (1) | culture that existed from about 1200 BC to 1300 AD in the 4 corners area of the SW U.S. Best known for th eriuns of their monumental cliff dwelling at places like Mesa Verde |
Anasazi (2) | Navoho word which, depending on pronunciation, means either "enemy ancenstors" or " ancient people who are not us" |
Mesa Verde | (spanish for green plateau) National park in SWern Colorado, site of many Anasazi cliff dwellings. The anasazi region around Mesa Verde. San Juan River region |
pueblo culture | (spanish for town) Indian village in the Americam SW |
Chaco Canyon | Extensive Ancient Puebloan culture in NW NM. Known for massive stone buildings of multiple stories |
Aztec Ruins | Anasazi village in NM w/ largest reconstructed ceremonium kiva |
Bandelier | national monument containing a # of ancestral pueblo homes, multiple story dwellings, kivas, rock paointing and petroglyphs |
Tuzigoot | ancient hilltop agricultural pueblo in AZ that consisted of 110 one, 2 and 3-story structures |
zuni | like the Hopi, descendants of the Anasazi |
Hopi | believed to be descended from the ancient Puebloan cultures who built house complexes in NE, AZ and NW, NM along Mogollon Rim |
Navajo | aka Dene people were_______ until they adopted Pueblo life. known for raising____, blanket,_______ and _______. Reservation in AZ is the biggest in US |
Taos | an ancient pueblo belonging to a Toas speaking Native American tribe of Pueblo people. 1 mi north of city of Taos, NM |
Acoma | known as sky city/ native american pueblo built on top of a 367 foot sandstone mesa in NM. Known fo orange, black + white pottery |
Santa Clara | the pueblo is on the rio grande, between ohkay owingeh. is famous for producing hand crafted pottery, black ware and redware |
kiva | a square, above ground room used by modern day Hopi for religious and spiritual ceremonies. a subterranean room- usually round |
foot drums | rectangular hardwood boards of different thickness or stretched animal hides laid across rectangular kiva |
pictographs | pic symbols that represent an idea or tell story. |
pottery | pueblo culture is known for the many styles of pottery from across the Plateau region. |
Yucca plant | stiff green sword-like leaves and white flowers on a tall stalk. used for food baskets and sandals |
kachinas | spiritual intermediaries between certain SWern peoples and the gods. dollsn or images of the supernatual beings. |
weaving | Pueblo peoples wove decorative baskets n sandals from the fibers of the yucca plant |
plateau | elevated area of land w/ a flat top and sides that are usually steep cliffs. |
Monument Valley | characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, reaching 1000 ft |
cliff dwellings | N americans of the Anasazi culture who vwere builders of the ancient cl dwellings found in canyons, under cliff overhangs |
Montezuma Castle | well preserved cliff dwellings. were built by pre columbian sinagua people |
hogan | round home of the Navajo people; made of wooden poles covered w mud |
wickiup | a temp domed room dwelling built w branches n reedds; built to provide shade |
maize | early form of corn |
flint | hard, sedimentary crystalline form of the the mineral quartz; made for arrowheads, spearponts, etc. |
drought | extended period of time when a region notes a decline of water supply |
conquistadors | spanish soldiers who concured mexico and the American SW to convert to Christianity |
pueblo revolt | in 1680, NM and AZ pueblos coordinated an attack on the Spanish and drove them back to Mexico |
torquoise | blue to green mineral prized by the Navajo and other pueblo peoples |
sandpainting | pouring colored sand onto a surface to make a fixed or unfixed sand painting |
mano | a hand held stone used to grind grain,nuts and seeds on the larger metate |
metate | a flat or slightly concave base which grain, nuts n seeds were ground were ground using the smaller mano |
Toas Pueblo | the oldest, continually inhabited pueblo in America, near the upper Ro Grande canyon |
Mogollon | a seperate culture which co-existed and had commerce w the Anasazi |
Hohokam | a N american culture flourishing from about the 3rd century BC to the mid century century AD in south central AZ |
Clorado Plateau | centered on the 4 corners regions of the SWern us. largely made up of deserts and scaterred forests |
foot holds/ hand holds | holes carved into sheer rock face of cliffs so people can climb up and down cliff dwellings |
nomadic | constantly moving; never settling in one polave |
sedentary | stationary; settled in one place; opposite of nomadic |
horticulture | cultivating plants n seeds 4food |
pueblo diet | corn, beans, squash, pinon nuts, fish, deer, rabbit, antelope, birds |
Fremont Culture | lived a lifestyle that revolved largely on hunting n gathering and corn horticulture |
marauders | nomadic tribes who raided and plundered agriculture pueblos |
Apache | One of the nomadic hunter gatherermarauding tribes of SW plateau region |
granary | storage room 4 grain made of adobe mud bricks, stone n or wood |
Kayenta | named for the region around Kayenta in northeastern AZ monument valley |
Keresan | One of the languages of the Anasazi and descendants |
Kokopelli | mythological hump backed flute player in most SWern pueblo cultures |
Moqui or Moki | Hopi word meaning "The dead" which is used to identify their ancestors |
petroglyphs | rock carving or rock art made by pecking the surface w another rock |
pinon | small pine tree w large edible nuts. spanish 4 pine nuts |
pithouse | a house built underground. consisted of a pit, often lined w rocks w a roof of branches, mud, etc. |
potshed | fragment or piece of broken pottery |
Pueblo Bonito | the most famous Great House @ Chaco Canyon |
Puebloan | modern N american Indian peoples, including those living in Hopi, Zuni, Acomba, Laguana, Jemez an Zia pueblos |
sipapu | the Navel of the Earth from which distant Puebloan ancestors are said to have emerged as they entered the present world. the small hole or indentation in the floor of a kiva which symbolizes the peoples earthy origin |
teosinte | tall grass-like native of Mexico w tassel and small, hard ears. believed to be the ancestor of corn |
tree-ring dating | a tree grow one ring each year and the rings are narrower in dryer years n wider n wet years |
stone martar & pestle | hollowed stone bowl and mashing toolused to grind maize, nuts,berries pigments |
Colorado River | 1450 miles long river that flows SW from the Continental Divide to Gulf of Mexico. |
Rio Grand River | 1896 miles long and flows from SWern Colorado in the US to the gulf of Mexico |
Pueblo culture music | foot drums, tamborines, reed flute, turtle shell rattles used to create connections to spirit world and reflect sounds of the natural landscape |