Ancestral Puebloans

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The Ancestral Puebloans were a Native American culture of the U.S. Southwest known for their sophisticated cliff dwellings, multi-story stone and adobe villages, and complex agricultural and ceremonial traditions.

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instanceOf Native American people
ancient culture
archaeological culture
prehistoric society
alsoKnownAs Anasazi
linked to: Ancestral Puebloans

Ancestral Pueblo Peoples
linked to: Ancestral Puebloans
archaeologicalRegion Ancestral Puebloan culture area
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artForm black-on-white pottery
petroglyphs
pictographs
polychrome pottery
rock art
builtStructureType cliff dwellings
great kivas
pit houses
pueblos
cosmologyFeature sipapu concept
cultivated beans
cotton
maize
squash
declineFactors drought
migration
resource depletion
social conflict
descendedInto Hopi
linked to: Hopi people

Rio Grande Pueblo peoples
linked to: Pueblo peoples

Zuni
linked to: Zuni people

modern Pueblo peoples
engagedIn long-distance trade
ethnicGroupOf United States
flourished c. 100 CE
flourishedUntil c. 1600 CE
knownFor adobe architecture
ceremonial centers
cliff dwellings
complex irrigation agriculture
great houses
kivas
multi-story stone pueblos
road systems
languageFamily Keresan languages
Tanoan languages
linked to: Puebloan languages

Zuni language isolate
locatedIn American Southwest
Colorado Plateau
Four Corners region
present-day Arizona
present-day Colorado
present-day New Mexico
present-day Utah
majorSite Aztec Ruins
Bandelier National Monument
Canyon de Chelly
Chaco Canyon
Cliff Palace
Hovenweep
Mesa Verde
Pueblo Bonito
materialCulture basketry
turquoise ornaments
woven cotton textiles
practiced dryland farming
predecessorOf historic Pueblo cultures
recognizedBy National Park Service
religion Puebloan traditional religion
ritualStructure great kiva
kiva
socialOrganization clan systems
matrilineal descent (in many groups)
village-based communities
studiedInDiscipline Southwestern archaeology
anthropology
timePeriod Archaic period
Basketmaker II period
Basketmaker III period
Pueblo I period
Pueblo II period
Pueblo III period
Pueblo IV period
tradedFor copper bells
macaw feathers
turquoise
tradedWith Hohokam
linked to: Hohokam culture

Mesoamerican cultures
Mogollon
linked to: Mogollon culture
used check dams
terracing
water control systems

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Pre-Columbian era includesCivilization Ancestral Puebloans
Southwestern United States ethnicGroup Pueblo peoples
subject linked to: southwestern United States
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Native Americans hasSubgroup Pueblo peoples
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Americas hasIndigenousCivilization Ancestral Puebloans
Bandelier National Monument associatedWithCulture Anasazi
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Petrified Forest National Park hasArchaeologicalPeriod Ancestral Puebloan
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Mogollon culture interactedWith Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) culture
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Ancestral Puebloans alsoKnownAs Anasazi
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Ancestral Puebloans alsoKnownAs Ancestral Pueblo Peoples
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Ancestral Puebloans archaeologicalRegion Ancestral Puebloan culture area
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Mesa Verde National Park primaryCulture Ancestral Puebloans
Hovenweep National Monument primaryCulture Ancestral Puebloan
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Tsankawi associatedWithCulture Ancestral Puebloans
Indigenous peoples of the Americas includesCivilization Ancestral Puebloans
Tsankawi Trail associatedWith Ancestral Puebloans
Tsankawi Trail timePeriodRepresented Ancestral Puebloan period
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Main Loop Trail culturalContext Ancestral Puebloan culture
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Alcove House Trail culturalContext Ancestral Puebloan culture
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Frijoles Canyon inhabitedBy Ancestral Puebloans
Frijoles Canyon partOfCulturalRegion Ancestral Puebloan Southwest
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Southwestern Colorado historicallyInhabitedBy Ancestral Puebloans
subject linked to: southwestern Colorado
Pueblo peoples historicalCulture Ancestral Puebloans
Oasisamerica includesCulture Ancestral Puebloans
Navajo National Monument heritage Ancestral Puebloan
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Hopi Tribe of Arizona associatedWith Ancestral Puebloans
Puerco Pueblo ruins heritageOf Ancestral Puebloans
Collapse notableCaseStudy Ancestral Puebloans
Mimbres branch relatedTo Ancestral Puebloan cultures
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Basketmaker II period partOf Ancestral Puebloan sequence
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Pueblo I period culture Ancestral Puebloans
Basketmaker III period partOf Ancestral Pueblo culture
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Basketmaker III period culture Ancestral Puebloans
Basketmaker III period associatedWith Anasazi tradition
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Pueblo II period appliesToCulture Ancestral Puebloans
Cliff Palace culture Ancestral Puebloans
Pueblo Bonito culture Ancestral Puebloans
Aztec Ruins culture Ancestral Puebloan
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Aztec Ruins associatedWith Chacoan Ancestral Puebloans
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Aztec Ruins builtBy Ancestral Pueblo people
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David Roberts wroteAbout Ancestral Puebloan cultures
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Chetro Ketl culture Ancestral Puebloan
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Casa Rinconada culture Ancestral Puebloans
Casa Rinconada builtBy Ancestral Puebloans
Pueblo del Arroyo culture Ancestral Puebloan
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