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The Pueblo II Period (AD 900 to AD 1150) was the second pueblo period of the Ancestral Puebloans of the Four Corners region of the American southwest. During this period people lived in dwellings made of stone and mortar, enjoyed communal activities in kivas , built towers and dams for water conservation, and implemented milling bins for ...
The Pecos Classification is a chronological division of all known Ancestral Puebloans into periods based on changes in architecture, art, pottery, and cultural remains.The original classification dates back to consensus reached at a 1927 archæological conference held in Pecos, New Mexico, which was organized by the United States archaeologist Alfred V. Kidder.
The events that led to the Pueblo Revolt go back at least a decade before the formal uprising began. In the 1670s, severe drought swept the region, which caused both a famine among the Pueblo and increased the frequency of raids by the Apache. Neither Spanish nor Pueblo soldiers were able to prevent the attacks by the Apache raiding parties.
Most modern Pueblo peoples (whether Keresans, Hopi, or Tanoans) assert the Ancestral Puebloans did not "vanish", as is commonly portrayed. They say that the people migrated to areas in the southwest with more favorable rainfall and dependable streams. They merged into the various Pueblo peoples whose descendants still live in Arizona and New ...
Early Basketmaker II Era: 1500 BCE – 50 CE Late Basketmaker II Era: 50 CE – 500 CE Basketmaker III Era: 500 CE – 750 CE Pueblo I Era: 750 CE – 900 CE Pueblo II Era: 900 CE – 1150 CE Pueblo III Era: 1150 CE – 1350 CE Pueblo IV Era: 1350 CE – 1600 CE Pueblo V Era: 1600 CE – present in Southwest and by peoples Ancestral Puebloans ...
Basketmaker II "two rod and bundle" basket (ca AD 1 to 700), Zion National Park Basketmaker III basket (450–750 AD), Mesa Verde Museum The following periods, the Pueblo Eras, saw the introduction of above-ground, multi-roomed masonry dwellings, more efficient stone tools, garments made of cotton or turkey feathers, and the introduction of the ...
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The Pueblo Revolt of the Pueblo people against Spanish colonists in the New Spain province. 1774 Don Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco identifies the Chaco Canyon area as "Chaca" on a map. The term, a Spanish translation of a Navajo word, is thought to be the origin for "Chacra Mesa" and "Chaco".