Sinagua culture

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The Sinagua culture was a pre-Columbian Native American society of the U.S. Southwest known for its cliff dwellings, masonry pueblos, and sophisticated agricultural practices.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sinagua culture canonical 8
Sinagua cultural area 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (84)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American culture ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
pre-Columbian culture ⓘ
abandonmentPeriod late 13th to early 15th century ⓘ
cultivatedCrop beans ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
engagedIn long-distance trade ⓘ
environment semi-arid plateau ⓘ
volcanic highlands ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalEvidence petroglyphs ⓘ
pictographs ⓘ
rock art ⓘ
hasCulturalCategory Oasisamerica cultures ⓘ
hasMainRegion Flagstaff area ⓘ
Mogollon Rim ⓘ
San Francisco Peaks region ⓘ
Verde Valley ⓘ
Walnut Canyon area ⓘ
Wupatki area ⓘ
hasNameEtymology Spanish word "sin agua" meaning "without water" ⓘ
hasSubsistence agriculture ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
influencedBy Ancestral Puebloan culture ⓘ
Hohokam culture ⓘ
Mogollon culture ⓘ
knownFor ball courts ⓘ
bean cultivation ⓘ
check-dam irrigation systems ⓘ
cliff dwellings ⓘ
cotton cultivation ⓘ
dry farming agriculture ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
maize cultivation ⓘ
masonry pueblos ⓘ
platform mounds ⓘ
pottery production ⓘ
squash cultivation ⓘ
stone masonry architecture ⓘ
terraced fields ⓘ
trade networks ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Arizona ⓘ
Southwestern United States ⓘ
U.S. Southwest ⓘ
majorSite Clemenceau ruins ⓘ
Honanki ⓘ
Montezuma Castle National Monument ⓘ
Palatki ⓘ
Tuzigoot National Monument ⓘ
Walnut Canyon National Monument ⓘ
Wupatki National Monument ⓘ
nameGivenBy archaeologists ⓘ
nearbyLandmark San Francisco Peaks ⓘ
Verde River ⓘ
notSelfDesignation true ⓘ
possibleSuccessor Hopi people ⓘ
Western Apache groups ⓘ
linked to: Western Apache

Yavapai people ⓘ
potteryStyle black-on-white pottery ⓘ
plain ware pottery ⓘ
red ware pottery ⓘ
recognizedBy National Park Service ⓘ
religiousFeature ceremonial plazas ⓘ
kiva-like structures ⓘ
studiedBy archaeologists in Arizona ⓘ
timePeriod c. 500 CE to c. 1425 CE ⓘ
timePeriodEnd c. 1425 CE ⓘ
timePeriodStart c. 500 CE ⓘ
tradedFor copper bells ⓘ
macaw feathers ⓘ
marine shells ⓘ
tradedWith Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ
Hohokam culture ⓘ
Mogollon culture ⓘ
usedBuildingMaterial adobe ⓘ
stone masonry ⓘ
usedBuildingType cliff dwelling ⓘ
multi-room pueblo ⓘ
usedWaterManagement check dams ⓘ
irrigation canals ⓘ
reservoirs ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Verde Valley → hasIndigenousHomelandOf → Sinagua culture ⓘ
Tuzigoot National Monument → heritageOf → Sinagua culture ⓘ
Island Trail → interpretiveFocus → Sinagua culture ⓘ
Clemenceau ruins → partOf → Sinagua cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Sinagua culture
Citadel Pueblo → associatedWith → Sinagua culture ⓘ
Wupatki Visitor Center → topic → Sinagua culture ⓘ