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vocab words 40
Anasazi culture-Mr.B-SS-T1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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