Ancestral Puebloans - Wikipedia
The Ancestral Puebloans, also known as the Anasazi and by the earlier term the Basketmaker-Pueblo culture, were an ancient Native American culture that spanned the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, comprising southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado.
What Does “Anasazi” Mean, and Why Is It Controversial?
The term “Anasazi” was established in 1927 through the archaeological Pecos Classification system, referring to the Ancestral Pueblo people who spanned the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, including Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, Canyon De Chelly, and Aztec.
The Anasazi [ushistory.org]
Centuries before Europe's discovery and colonization of the Americas, the Anasazi people built a complex culture in what is now the southwestern United States. Their cliff dwellings are of particular interest to modern people.
Riddles of the Anasazi | Smithsonian
The Anasazi produced great works of art—villages such as Mesa Verde’s Cliff Palace, hallucinatory petroglyph panels, some of the most beautiful pottery in the world—at the same time that its ...
The Mysterious Ancient Puebloan Peoples (Anasazi)
2012年9月19日 · Thousands of archaeological sites, spread about across the American states of New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona, testify to the presence of a advanced civilization: the “Anasazi” or the Ancestral/Ancient Puebloan peoples.
History and religion of Ancestral Pueblo culture | Britannica
Ancestral Pueblo culture, also called Anasazi, North American Indian civilization that developed from c. ad 100 to 1600, centring on the area where the present-day boundaries of the U.S. states of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah intersect.
Tracking a Vanished Civilization in the Southwest : NPR
2007年7月12日 · For 1,000 years, long before Columbus, the Anasazi Indians were lords of what's now the American Southwest. Their civilization was as complex and sophisticated as that of the Mayans. Then,...
Ancestral Pueblo culture | Ancient Southwest, Pottery & Kivas
2024年10月15日 · Ancestral Pueblo culture, prehistoric Native American civilization that existed from approximately ad 100 to 1600, centring generally on the area where the boundaries of what are now the U.S. states of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah intersect.
Anasazi Timeline - Chronology of the Ancestral Pueblo People - ThoughtCo
2019年5月25日 · Archaeologists define the Anasazi chronology as beginning during the Late Archaic period and ending 3,000 years later when Chaco Canyon was abandoned.
The Great Houses and Cliff Dwellings of the Anasazi ... - The …
2023年8月17日 · The Anasazi people are among the most mysterious and fascinating of North America's ancient cultures. The Navajo word for "Ancient Ones" (Anasazi) refers to a group of people who were around between 200 B.C. and 1300 A.D. and who are thought to have inhabited the American Southwest.