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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American people
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archaeological culture ⓘ pre-Columbian culture ⓘ |
| abandoned | their major settlements around the 15th century ⓘ |
| archaeologicalPhase |
Northern Sinagua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Sinagua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| built |
cliff dwellings in limestone alcoves
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hilltop pueblos ⓘ plaza-oriented villages ⓘ |
| burialPractice | inhumation near dwellings ⓘ |
| causeOfAbandonment | uncertain ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| cultureArea | Southwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Honanki ruins NERFINISHED ⓘ Montezuma Castle National Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ Palatki Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuzigoot National Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ Walnut Canyon National Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ Wupatki National Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hunted |
deer
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rabbits ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ancestral Puebloans
NERFINISHED
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Hohokam culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Mogollon culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
agricultural terraces
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ballcourts ⓘ cliff dwellings ⓘ dry farming ⓘ extensive trade networks ⓘ multi-story masonry pueblos ⓘ pithouse villages ⓘ rock art ⓘ |
| languageStatus | language unknown ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arizona
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central Arizona ⓘ northern Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCrop |
beans
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cotton ⓘ maize ⓘ squash ⓘ |
| mayHaveMergedInto |
Hopi people
NERFINISHED
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Yavapai people NERFINISHED ⓘ other Puebloan groups ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | from Spanish "sin agua" meaning "without water" ⓘ |
| partOf |
American Southwest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oasisamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| possibleCauseOfAbandonment |
conflict with neighboring groups
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drought ⓘ resource depletion ⓘ social or religious changes ⓘ |
| potteryDecoration | geometric designs ⓘ |
| potteryStyle |
brown ware ceramics
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red-on-buff ceramics ⓘ |
| practiced |
dryland agriculture
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irrigation agriculture ⓘ |
| region |
Mogollon Rim
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Francisco Peaks area NERFINISHED ⓘ Verde Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | ancestral Puebloan ceremonial practices (inferred from kivas and ritual structures) ⓘ |
| timePeriod | approximately 500 CE to 1425 CE ⓘ |
| tradedFor |
copper bells
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macaw feathers ⓘ shells ⓘ turquoise ⓘ |
| used |
check dams for water control
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terraced fields ⓘ |
| usedMaterial |
adobe
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stone ⓘ timber ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.