Ancestral Puebloans

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Native American people ancient culture archaeological culture prehistoric society

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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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Anasazi	2
Ancestral Puebloan	2
Pueblo peoples	2
Ancestral Pueblo Peoples	1
Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) culture	1
Ancestral Puebloan culture area	1

Statements (89)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American people ⓘ ancient culture ⓘ archaeological culture ⓘ prehistoric society ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ surface form: Anasazi Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ surface form: Ancestral Pueblo Peoples
archaeologicalRegion	Ancestral Puebloans self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ancestral Puebloan culture area
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 people ⓘ surface form: Hopi Pueblo peoples ⓘ surface form: Rio Grande Pueblo peoples Zuni people ⓘ surface form: Zuni modern Pueblo peoples ⓘ
engagedIn	long-distance trade ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Puebloan languages ⓘ surface form: Tanoan languages Zuni language isolate ⓘ
locatedIn	southwestern United States ⓘ surface form: 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 National Monument ⓘ surface form: Canyon de Chelly Chaco Culture National Historical Park ⓘ surface form: Chaco Canyon Cliff Palace ⓘ Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ surface form: Hovenweep Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ surface form: 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 culture ⓘ surface form: Hohokam Mesoamerican cultures ⓘ Mogollon culture ⓘ surface form: Mogollon
used	check dams ⓘ terracing ⓘ water control systems ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Ancestral Puebloans → alsoKnownAs → Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anasazi

Ancestral Puebloans → alsoKnownAs → Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancestral Pueblo Peoples

Ancestral Puebloans → archaeologicalRegion → Ancestral Puebloans self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloan culture area

Bandelier National Monument → associatedWithCulture → Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anasazi

Chaco Culture National Historical Park → culturalAffiliation → Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ

Canyon de Chelly National Monument → culturallySignificantFor → Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ

southwestern United States → ethnicGroup → Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ

subject surface form: Southwestern United States

this entity surface form: Pueblo peoples

Petrified Forest National Park → hasArchaeologicalPeriod → Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloan

Americas → hasIndigenousCivilization → Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ

Native Americans → hasSubgroup → Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pueblo peoples

Pre-Columbian era → includesCivilization → Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ

Mogollon culture → interactedWith → Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) culture

Hovenweep National Monument → prehistoricInhabitants → Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ

Hovenweep National Monument → primaryCulture → Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloan

Mesa Verde National Park → primaryCulture → Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ