Transcript Anasazi Indians

Anasazi
Four Corners
Mesa Verde, Colorado
Anasazi
“Ancient Enemies”
Navaho
Yucca Plant
Harvest
Dance
Kiva
Anasazi Ball Field
Chaco Canyon
Rio Grande
Pueblos
Yucca Plant fibers for painting
• Art Forms
Farmed corn, squash and beans
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Survival
Great Creator, all things have a spirit
• Religion
Ball Games
• Recreation
Harvest ceremony to thank God for crops
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Religion
Social Institutions
Survival
Art Forms
Mountains and plateaus
• Habitat
Men hunt and build roads
• Division of Labor
• Survival
Meetings in Kivas to make laws
• Political institutions
Adobe (sun dried bricks) for homes
• Survival
All must participate in religion
• Religion
• Political Institutions
Animal hide clothing
Yucca sandals
• Survival
All Anasazi help at Harvest time
• Survival
Colorado River
• Habitat
Women make clay pots
• Division of Labor
• Art Forms
• Survival
Priests most important people
• Religion
• Division of labor
Hunted deer, elk, rabbit and pronghorn
• Survival
All male council makes laws
• Political Institutions
Hot, dry desert
• Habitat
Women care for children and cook
• Division of labor
Singing and dancing
• Recreation
Lookout towers
• Survival
Flutes made from reeds
• Recreation
• Art forms
Wood from trees near mountains
for fires
• Survival