Anasazi

Anasazi is a Navajo word meaning "the ancient people." The Anasazi were a Native American people who lived in the Colorado plateau region of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico from about 100 C.E. Descendants of the Anasazi culture include the present-day Pueblo peoples of Arizona. Anasazi culture included an Basket Maker phase and a Pueblo phase; it was during this latter phase that the Anasazi constructed the cliff dwellings and crafts for which they remain famous. Evidence of their adobe and rock architecture still remains in varying degrees of preservation across Colorado Plateau wildernesses.

To read more about the Anasazi culture and its descendents, the Pueblo cultures, try out the following links:

• Indian Ruins of the Southwest (includes a great deal of information about Anasazi culture)
• Chaco Canyon Home Page (more information about the Anasazi and archaeoligical evidence of their culture)
• Pueblo Cultural Center (an index of links to Web sites for all the major contemporary Pueblo cultures)