Cliff Dwellers The Anasazi
Feb 24, 2016
Cliff DwellersThe Anasazi
Location/Time
1000Anasazi & agriculture
753Rome
1276 cliff dwellings abandoned
Eyeglasses invented 1290
Anasazi at peak1100BC AD
Food
C.B.SCorn Beans, and Squash
Agriculture= Lots of people and
sedentary life
Economic System
Trade – shells from CA and
parrots from Mexico
Turquoise – source of wealth
Buildings
Apartment-style houses at Mesa Verde were built into canyon walls—called
Pueblos
Adobe brick
Tools
Metate
Sandals and WeavingStone Tools Calendar
Art
Petroglyphs
Pottery