The Anasazi

By C.J. Closson

Location and Climate

The Anasazi lived in the Mesa Verde (Four Corners)

The climate in the summer was warm and had some rain.

Home Structure and Family Structure

They lived in cliffs or they stacked bricks for a house

There was multiple families in one house or cliff.

Food

They ate corn , beans , squash , pumpkin, mountain sheep, turkeys, elk, mule deer, black bear, antelope, and squirrels. They were both hunters and gatherers.

Clothing and Tools

They wore breechcloths, deerskin moccasins, feather war bonnets, and butterfly whorls. They used spears, signal fires, and reflective obsidian slabs.

Religious Beliefs and Communication

They believed in gods such as Manabozho and Coyote. They were brothers. No writing system

Arts and Crafts

They wrote hieroglyphs on walls.