Big Game Hunters
Desert Dwellers
Mogollon
Anasazi on the Rise
Peak and Decline of the Anasazi
100
What do we use to identify the Clovis and Folsom People?
What are their spear points?
100
Which area of New Mexico did the Desert Dwellers inhabit?
Southwestern New Mexico- in the Gila River Valley Region
100
What people did the Mogollon develop from?
The Desert Dwellers
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Where did the Anasazi live?
The Four Corners Area
100
What artifacts are the Anasazi most well known for?
Pottery and Baskets
200
What are two theories as to how the Big Game Hunters Came to the Americas?
What are - The Land Bridge (Clovis First Theory) or through boats along the Coastal Routes?
200
How did the 1st Stage Desert Dwellers Live?
They hunted small game like deer and rabbits and gathered fruits, nuts, berries
200
What factors led to the Mogollon becoming sedentary?
Started gardening, led to growing beans, squash, and corn
200
What did the Anasazi do with their pottery?
they held water and cooked with them
200
Why are the Anasazi referred to sometimes as the "ancestral Puebloans"?
Archaeologists believe that they were the ancestors of the modern Pueblo People
300
What do we believe happened to the big game hunters?
The climate changed and the fame they hunted moved so they followed them the eastern plains
300
What two items were the Desert Dwellers known for?
Basket and Milling Stone
300
Who were the Mogollon and where did they live?
They were people who came from the Desert Dwellers; they lived in West-Central NM around the Gila and the Colorado Plateau,
300
What became the Anasazi's primary weapon in the Modified Basketmaker Period?
The Bow and Arrow
300
Name three (3) ways the Anasazi improved their quality of life?
The Anasazi learned how to irrigate crops, how to build larger road networks, worked on arts and crafts more often
400
What kinds of animals did they hunt? Name four
Mammoths, Mastodons, antelope, bison, and extinct versions of the horse
400
How did they use the two items that they are known for?
They used the basket for carrying water and storing food. They used the milling stone to ground corn into flour.
400
Describe Mogollon houses and viliages
They lived in pit houses, then later moved to cliff dwellings, and then back to pit houses in the valley. Built homes to form villages with kivas in the middle.
400
What Role Did Women Play in the Anasazi Culture?
They owned all property and the property passed from mother to daughter
400
Why did the Great Pueblo Period end? (name two to three theories)
There was a massive drought at during this time, the game had disappeared, deforestation
500
Who were the Clovis and Folsom people and what did they do?
They were big game hunters and they were nomadic (moved around) following the herds
500
what is the main difference between the 1st stage and 2nd stage desert dwellers?
The First Stage Desert Dwellers were hunter-gatherers and they hunted deer, rodents, and antelope. The Second Stage Desert Dwellers became gardeners. They started growing corn - we believe they got this idea from farming communities in Mexico (Aztecs).
500
Where did the Mogollon go and what were their interactions with other cultures?
They moved into new mountain valleys in the north and western NM. They came in contact with other cultures such as the Anasazi.
500
By the end of the 1300s, what did most of the peoples of the Southwest have in Common with each other?
They knew how to farm (corn beans and squash), they made pottery. Most people lived in villages. They had kivas (religious centers) and most used the bow and arrow
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What was the Great Pueblo Period?
The period in which the Anasazi used Stone Masonry to large, apartment style (multi storied) homes with round kivas in the middle
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