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The term "Anasazi" was established in archaeological terminology through the Pecos Classification system in 1927. It had been adopted from the Navajo. Archaeologist Linda Cordell discussed the word's etymology and use: The name "Anasazi" has come to mean "ancient people," although the word itself is Navajo, meaning "enemy
The Virgin Anasazi were the westernmost Ancestral Puebloan group in the American Southwest. They occupied the area in and around the Virgin River and Muddy Rivers, the western Colorado Plateau, the Moapa Valley and were bordered to the south by the Colorado River. [1] They occupied areas in present-day Nevada, Arizona, and Utah.
The Ancestral Pueblo society is one of the most complex to be found in Oasisamerica, and they are assumed to be the ancestors of the modern Pueblo people (including the Zuñi and Hopi). (The term "Anasazi" is also used to describe these cultures. It is a Navajo term meaning "enemy ancestors."
Anasazi Bluff Ruins located in Hovenweep National Monument. Hackberry Anasazi Bluff Ruins located in Hovenweep National Monument. Holly: Anasazi Bluff Ruins located in Hovenweep National Monument. Cajon: Anasazi Bluff Ruins located in Hovenweep National Monument. Monarch Cave: Anasazi Bluff Ruins located in Butler Wash, Utah. Hovenweep House ...
The term Anasazi is sometimes used to refer to Ancestral Puebloan peoples, but it is considered derogatory and offensive. "Anasazi" is a Navajo adoption of a Ute term that translates to Ancient Enemy or Primitive Enemy, but was used by them to mean something like "barbarian" or "savage", hence the modern Pueblo peoples' rejection of it (see ...
The Coombs Site is the site of one of the largest Anasazi communities known to have existed west of the Colorado River.The name Anasazi, Navajo for "Ancient Enemies," or "Enemies of Our Ancestors" is sometimes used to describe the Pueblo culture that existed in the Four Corners area from about 1 AD to 1300 AD.
Anasazi is a term, now seen as derogatory, to refer to Pueblo peoples, an ancient yet enduring Native American culture in the Southwestern United States, as well as the Ancestral Puebloans. Anasazi may also refer to: Virgin Anasazi, the westernmost Ancient Pueblo group "Anasazi" (The X-Files), an episode of The X-Files
The culture of Ancestral Pueblo peoples, formerly referred to as the Anasazi, was centered around the present-day Four Corners area. Their distinctive pottery and dwelling construction styles emerged in the area around 750 CE, though the origins of their hallmark material culture characteristics can be found within the Basketmaker II Period ...