cliff dwellers the anasazi
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Cliff Dwellers The Anasazi. Location/Time. Anasazi at peak 1100. Eyeglasses invented 1290. Rome. BC. 753. AD. 1000. 1276 cliff dwellings abandoned. Anasazi & agriculture. Food. Agriculture= Lots of people and sedentary life. C.B.S Corn Beans, and Squash. Economic System. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Cliff DwellersThe Anasazi
Location/Time
1000Anasazi & agriculture
753Rome
1276 cliff dwellings abandoned
Eyeglasses invented 1290
Anasazi at peak1100BC AD
Food
C.B.SCorn Beans, and Squash
Agriculture= Lots of people and
sedentary life
Economic System
Trade – shells from CA and
parrots from Mexico
Turquoise – source of wealth
Buildings
Apartment-style houses at Mesa Verde were built into canyon walls—called
Pueblos
Adobe brick
Tools
Metate
Sandals and WeavingStone Tools Calendar
Art
Petroglyphs
Pottery