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 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

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Pueblo del Arroyo builder Ancestral Puebloans
Kin Kletso culture Ancestral Puebloans
this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloan
Una Vida culture Ancestral Puebloans
this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloan
Hungo Pavi associatedWithCulture Ancestral Puebloans
Hungo Pavi builtBy Ancestral Puebloans
this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloan peoples
Wijiji culture Ancestral Puebloans
this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloan
Bluff, Utah culturalContext Ancestral Puebloans
this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloan region
Pecos Pueblo partOf Ancestral Puebloans
this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloan culture
Wupatki National Monument culturalAffiliation Ancestral Puebloans
Sinagua culture tradedWith Ancestral Puebloans
Balcony House culture Ancestral Puebloans
Balcony House ethnicGroup Ancestral Puebloans
Spruce Tree House heritageSiteOf Ancestral Puebloans
Spruce Tree House culture Ancestral Puebloans
this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloan
Spruce Tree House archaeologicalCulture Ancestral Puebloans
this entity surface form: Mesa Verde culture
Long House culture Ancestral Puebloans
Square Tower House culture Ancestral Puebloans
Square Tower House ethnicGroup Ancestral Puebloans
Sun Temple associatedWithCulture Ancestral Puebloans
Sun Temple associatedWithPeople Ancestral Puebloans
Far View Sites Complex culture Ancestral Puebloans
Wetherill Mesa archaeological sites heritage Ancestral Puebloans
this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloan culture
Wetherill Mesa archaeological sites culture Ancestral Puebloans
Chapín Mesa Archeological Museum dedicatedTo Ancestral Puebloans
this entity surface form: Ancestral Pueblo culture
Ute Mountain Tribal Park ethnicGroupAssociated Ancestral Puebloans
Canyon del Muerto hasCulturalAssociation Ancestral Puebloans
White House Ruin heritageOf Ancestral Puebloans
White House Ruin culture Ancestral Puebloans
this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloan
Mummy Cave associatedWithCulture Ancestral Puebloans
Mummy Cave associatedWithCulture Ancestral Puebloans
this entity surface form: Anasazi
Antelope House Ruin heritage Ancestral Puebloans
this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloan
Antelope House Ruin culture Ancestral Puebloans
Square Tower Group heritageCulture Ancestral Puebloans
Holly Group heritage Ancestral Puebloans
this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloan
Holly Group culturalAffiliation Ancestral Puebloans
this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi)
Hackberry Group culture Ancestral Puebloans
Horseshoe Group heritage Ancestral Puebloans
this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloan
Horseshoe Group associatedWithCulture Ancestral Puebloans
Cutthroat Castle Group heritage Ancestral Puebloans
this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloan
Cutthroat Castle Group culture Ancestral Puebloans
Goodman Point Unit heritage Ancestral Puebloans
this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloan
Middle Village (Halona Idiwan’a) culturalRegion Ancestral Puebloans
this entity surface form: Puebloan Southwest
Monument Canyon hasCulturalSignificanceFor Ancestral Puebloans
this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloan peoples
Petroglyph National Monument (part) hasHeritage Ancestral Puebloans
subject surface form: Petroglyph National Monument
this entity surface form: Ancestral Puebloan
Petroglyph National Monument (part) containsWorkOf Ancestral Puebloans
subject surface form: Petroglyph National Monument
this entity surface form: Ancestral Pueblo peoples
Sky City culturalRegion Ancestral Puebloans
this entity surface form: Puebloan Southwest