Anasazi Civilization Flourishes in American Southwest
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Crafts, Prehistoric Humans
- Curriculum: American Indian History, American Pre-Colonial History (to 1606), Ancient History
- Geographical Location: New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah
- Date: 200-1250
Article abstract: This Basket Maker civilization of the American Southwest emerged, advanced architecture and agriculture, and then vanished.
Summary of Event
The Anasazi, believed to be descendants of ancient Desert Archaic people, are one of the best-known prehistoric cultures of the American Southwest. Different groups of Anasazi spoke at least six languages, which were not mutually understood. The term “Anasazi” derives from an English-language corruption of a Navajo term, Anaasa’zi, which describes the many stone ruins of the Four Corners...
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