Sinagua people

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The Sinagua people were a pre-Columbian Native American culture of central and northern Arizona known for their cliff dwellings, dry farming, and extensive trade networks before mysteriously abandoning their settlements around the 15th century.

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Sinagua people canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
pre-Columbian culture ⓘ
abandoned their major settlements around the 15th century ⓘ
archaeologicalPhase Northern Sinagua ⓘ
Southern Sinagua ⓘ
built cliff dwellings in limestone alcoves ⓘ
hilltop pueblos ⓘ
plaza-oriented villages ⓘ
burialPractice inhumation near dwellings ⓘ
causeOfAbandonment uncertain ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
cultureArea Southwestern United States ⓘ
disappeared 15th century ⓘ
economy mixed farming and hunting-gathering ⓘ
engagedIn long-distance trade ⓘ
environment semi-arid high desert ⓘ
ethnicGroup Native Americans in the United States ⓘ
floruit c. 1100–1400 CE ⓘ
gathered wild plants ⓘ
hasSite Clemenceau ruins ⓘ
Honanki ruins ⓘ
Montezuma Castle National Monument ⓘ
Palatki Heritage Site ⓘ
Tuzigoot National Monument ⓘ
Walnut Canyon National Monument ⓘ
Wupatki National Monument ⓘ
hunted deer ⓘ
rabbits ⓘ
influencedBy Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ
Hohokam culture ⓘ
Mogollon culture ⓘ
knownFor agricultural terraces ⓘ
ballcourts ⓘ
cliff dwellings ⓘ
dry farming ⓘ
extensive trade networks ⓘ
multi-story masonry pueblos ⓘ
pithouse villages ⓘ
rock art ⓘ
languageStatus language unknown ⓘ
locatedIn Arizona ⓘ
central Arizona ⓘ
northern Arizona ⓘ
mainCrop beans ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
mayHaveMergedInto Hopi people ⓘ
Yavapai people ⓘ
other Puebloan groups ⓘ
nameEtymology from Spanish "sin agua" meaning "without water" ⓘ
partOf American Southwest ⓘ
Oasisamerica ⓘ
possibleCauseOfAbandonment conflict with neighboring groups ⓘ
drought ⓘ
resource depletion ⓘ
social or religious changes ⓘ
potteryDecoration geometric designs ⓘ
potteryStyle brown ware ceramics ⓘ
red-on-buff ceramics ⓘ
practiced dryland agriculture ⓘ
irrigation agriculture ⓘ
region Mogollon Rim ⓘ
San Francisco Peaks area ⓘ
linked to: San Francisco Peaks

Verde Valley ⓘ
religion ancestral Puebloan ceremonial practices (inferred from kivas and ritual structures) ⓘ
timePeriod approximately 500 CE to 1425 CE ⓘ
tradedFor copper bells ⓘ
macaw feathers ⓘ
shells ⓘ
turquoise ⓘ
used check dams for water control ⓘ
terraced fields ⓘ
usedMaterial adobe ⓘ
stone ⓘ
timber ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tuzigoot National Monument → builtBy → Sinagua people ⓘ
Montezuma Well → associatedPeople → Sinagua people ⓘ
San Francisco Peaks region → inhabitedBy → Sinagua people ⓘ
Honanki → associatedWith → Sinagua people ⓘ
Palatki → associatedWithCulture → Sinagua people ⓘ
Palatki → builtBy → Sinagua people ⓘ
Clemenceau ruins → associatedWith → Sinagua people ⓘ
Lomaki Pueblo → heritage → Sinagua people ⓘ
Lomaki Pueblo → builtBy → Sinagua people ⓘ