What was the earliest art form found in Anaszi ruins?
Basket making.
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What was the most important role of the Anasazi?
They were farmers.
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Where did the Anasazi farm?
They would farm on the flat cliff tops.
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Both men and women in the Anasazi tribe spent long days working hard, but only one group worked at making the clothes. Who were they?
The men.
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Were the Anasazi Polytheistic or Monotheistic?
Polytheistic
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What do archaeologists assume was its main purpose?
Religious purposes.
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Who spent the time preparing the food and what food were they preparing?
The women prepared food such as drying corn and squash.
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What food would the Anasazi grow on their cliff tops?
Beans,squash,corn,and wheat
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The Anasazi lived in Mesa Verde, Colrado and experiences many different climates. In such changing temperatures, what shoes might they have worn to protect their feet?
Sandals, moccasins, and snow shoes.
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How did the Ansazi people pass down their beleifs?
Orally
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What were the main figures in the rock art?
Handprints, zig-zags, and atlatl.
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How did they obtain the water they needed for farming?
Collecting rain run off.
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What was the significance of farming, for the Anasazi?
No need to migrate, always have sustainable food source.
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Hunting wasn’t the Anasazi’s main source of food, so leather was not used to make a majority of their clothes. What products were used to create their clothes?
Yucca fibers, turkey feathers, cotton.
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What did the Anasazi people focus on and cherish?
environment and harmony in nature
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What instrument was mainly used and for what reason?
The flute, courting ritual.
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Who was hunting the animals, and what were they hunting?
The men hunted smaller game like mice and rabbits.
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How would the Anasazi test the soil?
Fertile soil.
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What were some of the fibers the Anasazi used to bind their weaving?
Animal and human hair, various vegetable fibers.
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What did the Anasazi do to honor their gods?
Religious ceremonies and to thank the gods for harvest.
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How was the pottery made?
Coiling up clay to form a shape, then smoothing the clay to remove the coils.
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What were the Anasazi’s main exports for trade?
Jewelry, baskets, and pottery.
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How did farming influence the success the Anasazi tribe?
Start a society, begin inventing, building, and experimenting.
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What were the purposes of jewelry what were three of the materials used to make it?
Jewelry served as badges of office o social status. Three materials used to make jewelry were coral, coal, and turquoise.
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Who were the main spirits and gods that the Anasazi believed in and what did they do?