Agriculture and corn
The Three Sisters
Corn, beans, and squash.
Traditional materials used to construct Pueblo homes
Limestone and Adobe bricks
Christianity
2,000 years
Used cow or sheep manure.
The Pueblos most important crop
Corn
A subterranean ceremonial chamber
What is the Jumanos language?
It is unknown, yet is believed to be Tanoan.
Men
What was pottery used for in the South West.
Cooking, storage, and ceremonial purposes.
What were the stones used for grinding corn?
Mano- The smaller stone used for grinding
Metate- The stone acting as a base and held the corn
Rooms were arranged in a line starting from the central plaza, and a family's extensions would be built above or behind the original rooms.
The Tigua's language was based off?
A nature based and animal belief system centering on Kachina spirits.
What happened to the balls of the cotton?
They were harvested, broken open, sorted clean and then hand spun.
The first to create pottery in the Southwest
Ancestral Pueblos(Anasazi).
The cultural significance of corn
There is a sacred corn maiden depicted in paintings, pottery and jewelry.
Whom most pueblo residential groups comprised of:
Nuclear and extended family
What were some things the Anasazi known for?
Pottery making, astronomical studies, and their cliff dwellings.
Cotton served as a metaphor for what?
Clouds and rain.
What pottery embodies for the pueblos.
The 4 elements; Earth, Water, Air and Fire.
Why did these combining these crops work out?
Beans have nutrients and nitrogen needed for growing, corn stalks are tall working best for beans, and squash leaves provide shade and cover.
How was each floor of a Pueblo arranged, and what did this enable?
Each floor was usually a step back from the one below, meaning it resembled a stepped pyramid. This enabled the roof to be used as a terrace for the floor right above
What did the Anasazi believe in?
They believed in a pantheon of spirits including Kachinas, as well as ancestors and natural elements(animals and water) that controlled life, crops, and rain.
After harvesting cotton, Pueblo peoples used this type of stationary, upright framework and a vertical weaver to work the weft back and forth.
They used a true loom and a tight and vertical weaver to work the weft back and forth to create the fabric
Way of making pottery