Food
What did the Zuni eat?
They ate corn, beans, and squash.
What were their homes called?
Their homes were called Pueblos.
What did they call their housing?
They called their housing pueblos.
What did the older children do?
They sprinkled sacred corn pollen and said a prayer
What did women wear?
They wore cotton dresses called mantas.
What did the Zuni grow?
They grew corn, beans, and squash.
What was their environment like?
they had desert like environments.
What did they build pueblos with?
mud and stones.
What time of day did the older children sprinkle sacred corn pollen?
The time of day was dawn.
What is a manta?
A manta is a cloth that Women wore over their shoulder and around their waist.
What is something that they found ways to collect?
They found ways to collect water.
What were their houses built on?
their houses were built on mesas
what did they like to build?
they liked to build multistory sandstone buildings.
What did Religion have a strong role in?
Religion had a strong role in the Government of Pueblo.
what did men wear in the hot summer?
In the hot summer men wore little clothing
What did they like to grind up into flour?
They grinded up flour.
What time frame did they build their housing?
They built their housing between A.D 900 and A.D 1,150
How did they honor their gods?
they honored their gods in special ceremonies.
What did men wear in the winter?
In the winter men wore cloaks.
What did they use to make thin cakes?
They used grinded up corn that they made into flour.