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Anasazi

The mystery of the Cliff Dwellers

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Contents

  • Who are the Anasazi

 

  • Living Condictions

 

  • Eating/Farming

 

  • Interesting Facts

 

  • Where are they now?

 

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Who are the Anasazi?

  • The Anasazi (an-nuh-SAH-zee) (1200B.C.E - 1200C.E.)

 

  • "ancient enemies" or "ancient people who are not us"

 

  • Mesa Verde, Colorado

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  • Navaho sometimes raided the Anasazi

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Living Condictions

  • 200 room apartments

 

  • Arthritis

 

  • Pottery

 

  • Kivas

 

  • Marriage 

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Farming/Eating

  • Started as Hunter/Gathers

 

  • Gathered Plants/Killed Wild Game

 

  • They grew Maize (corn), beans and squash

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Interesting Facts!

  • The Anasazi play ball games

 

  • They have flutes made from reed

 

  • The pueblo indians farmed most 

 

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Where are they now?

  • Drought (1276)

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  • No Practice

 

  • Moved to Rio Grande

 

  • Ancestors of Pueblo Indians

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Conclusion

  • The anasazi lived in Mesa Verda, Colorado

 

  •  200 room apartments

 

  •  Farmers/Hunters and Gathers

 

  •  Music-Flutes

 

  • Major Drought in 1276

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A few quick-painless questions...

1. What is one thing that the Anasazi grow?

                    Maize, Beans, squash                            

2. What state did the Anasazi live in?

                    Colorado

3. What instrument did they play?

                    Flute

4. What did they die from near there 40's?

                    Arthritis

5. Who are there Descendent?

                    Pueblo Indians

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Bibliography

Info Resources:

Hakim, Joy. A history of US, The first Americans PreHistory-1600. New York: Oxford University Press. 2005. Hard Print

  

N.A. Anasazi: The Ancient Ones. http://www.cliffdwellingsmuseum.com/anasazi.htm. N.P.  Apr. 25 - 1998. Web Info. Sept. 22 - 2011 

 

N.A. Anasazi and the Pueblo Indians. http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/native_am/. N.P.  2001. Web Info. Sept. 23 - 2011

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Pictures:

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N.A. The Anasazi Mystery, http://www.anasazimystery.com/images/index.46.jpg. N.P. Dec. 22 - 2007. Web Picture. Sept. 23 - 2011

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N.A. Mesa Verde National Park CO MAP, http://www.mapathon.com/mesa.html. N.P. January 31 - 2001. Web Picture. Sept. 28 - 2011

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Eddins O. Ned. Anasazi Hokokam Mongollon and Sinagua Indians of the Southwest, http://www.thefurtrapper.com/anasazi.htm. N.P. March 24 - 2008. Web Pictures. Sept. 28 - 2011

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N.A.  Corn, http://urbanext.illinois.edu/veggies/corn.cfm, N.P. 2011. Web Pictures. Sept. 28 - 2011

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N.A. Infendo. http://www.infendo.com/name-that-company/question-mark-2/. N.P. May 17. 2011. Web Pictures. Sept. 28 - 2011

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