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=//__**ANASAZI**__// The Anasazi were located in the Four Corners region ( Northern New Mexico west of the Pecos River, southwestern Colorado, most of southern Utah, and northern Arizona south to the Little Colorado River).The Anasazi spent most of there time. Finally in AD 490, the first permanent villages were established due to an increase in annual rainfall. Around AD 1050, the communities of Chaco Canyon were at the peak of their activity.**t the end of the 13th century (1200's), these cliff dwellings were** **deserted****. There may have been a very bad** **drought****.**A Native American culture flourishing in southern Colorado and Utah and northern New Mexico and Arizona from about A.D. 100, whose descendants are considered to include the present-day Pueblo peoples. Anasazi culture includes an early Basket Maker phase and a later Pueblo phase marked by the construction of cliff dwellings and by expert artisanship in weaving and pottery.The Anasazi Indians are the ancestors of the Pueblo Indians.The myth which has been passed down from generation to generation is the **"Creation Myth"** which tells about the creation of the earth.Jewelry was common. Necklaces, earrings, bracelets, arm bands, hair combs, and pins were made from wood, bone, shell (including abalone), coral, jet (coal), and stone beads made of turquoise, slate, and other minerals. No one knows what language the Ancestral Puebloans spoke. The culture was widespread in space and time, so it is likely that different languages were spoken.= = = Footwear included sandals, moccasins, and possibly snowshoes. Sandals were usually made of plaited or woven yucca fibers and came in a variety of styles. Animal hides may have provided material for some clothing, but very few leather moccasins or other leather garments have been found.The Ancestral Puebloans' many tools can be categorized by their use-- such as hunting tools, building tools, gardening tools, weaving and sewing tools, tools to make other tools, etc.-- or by the materials the tools were made from, such as stone, wood, plant fiber, etc. Many tools were probably made of materials which did not survive for centuries in archaeological sites, so we know little about these.HUNTING TOOLS serve to catch or kill animals (weapons for warfare are very similar): ATLATLS or spear-throwers have been found throughout the world, so the concept is probably very ancient. =//__**Above is some of the foods that the Anasazi people would eat.**__//= = =
 * [[image:ana_town align="center" caption="A Anasazi town"]]