Anasazi

Examples of Anasazi in the following topics:

• The Southwest

  • The Anasazi (1000 BCE–700 CE) are the ancestors of today's Pueblo tribes.
  • For hundreds of years, the Anasazi created utilitarian grayware and black-on-white pottery, as well as orange or red ceramics.
  • Describe the Anasazi, Hopi, Navajo, and Hohokam cultures of the American Southwest.

• Art and Architecture of the Southwest Cultures

  • The Anasazi, or Ancestral Pueblo (1000 BCE–700 CE), are the ancestors of today's Pueblo tribes.
  • The Anasazi culture is perhaps best known for the stone and adobe dwellings built along cliff walls, particularly during the Pueblo II (900-1150 CE) and Pueblo III (1150-1350 CE) eras.
  • The creations of the Fremont culture, the Anasazi, and later tribes can be seen at present day Buckhorn Draw Pictograph Panel and Horseshoe Canyon, among other sites.