Anasazi Four Corners Mesa Verde Colorado Anasazi Ancient

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Anasazi

Anasazi

Four Corners

Four Corners

Mesa Verde, Colorado

Mesa Verde, Colorado

Anasazi “Ancient Enemies”

Anasazi “Ancient Enemies”

Navaho

Navaho

Yucca Plant

Yucca Plant

Harvest Dance

Harvest Dance

Kiva

Kiva

Anasazi Ball Field

Anasazi Ball Field

Chaco Canyon

Chaco Canyon

Rio Grande

Rio Grande

Pueblos

Pueblos

Yucca Plant fibers for painting • Art Forms

Yucca Plant fibers for painting • Art Forms

Farmed corn, squash and beans • Survival

Farmed corn, squash and beans • Survival

Great Creator, all things have a spirit • Religion

Great Creator, all things have a spirit • Religion

Ball Games • Recreation

Ball Games • Recreation

Harvest ceremony to thank God for crops • • Religion Social Institutions Survival Art

Harvest ceremony to thank God for crops • • Religion Social Institutions Survival Art Forms

Mountains and plateaus • Habitat

Mountains and plateaus • Habitat

Men hunt and build roads • Division of Labor • Survival

Men hunt and build roads • Division of Labor • Survival

Meetings in Kivas to make laws • Political institutions

Meetings in Kivas to make laws • Political institutions

Adobe (sun dried bricks) for homes • Survival

Adobe (sun dried bricks) for homes • Survival

All must participate in religion • Religion • Political Institutions

All must participate in religion • Religion • Political Institutions

Animal hide clothing Yucca sandals • Survival

Animal hide clothing Yucca sandals • Survival

All Anasazi help at Harvest time • Survival

All Anasazi help at Harvest time • Survival

Colorado River • Habitat

Colorado River • Habitat

Women make clay pots • Division of Labor • Art Forms • Survival

Women make clay pots • Division of Labor • Art Forms • Survival

Priests most important people • Religion • Division of labor

Priests most important people • Religion • Division of labor

Hunted deer, elk, rabbit and pronghorn • Survival

Hunted deer, elk, rabbit and pronghorn • Survival

All male council makes laws • Political Institutions

All male council makes laws • Political Institutions

Hot, dry desert • Habitat

Hot, dry desert • Habitat

Women care for children and cook • Division of labor

Women care for children and cook • Division of labor

Singing and dancing • Recreation

Singing and dancing • Recreation

Lookout towers • Survival

Lookout towers • Survival

Flutes made from reeds • Recreation • Art forms

Flutes made from reeds • Recreation • Art forms

Wood from trees near mountains for fires • Survival

Wood from trees near mountains for fires • Survival