Ancestral Puebloan
- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
Ancestral Puebloan
- Details
Refers to the style and culture of a North American civilization that existed in the "Four Corners" area, where the boundaries of the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah intersect. The culture flourished from the first century CE to around 1300 CE, and descendents of this cultural group probably include the modern Pueblo Indians now living in New Mexico and Arizona. The style is noted for fine baskets, pottery, cloth, ornaments, tools, and great architectural achievements, including cliff dwellings and apartment-house-like villages, or pueblos. In some classification schemes, the modern Pueblo cultures are considered later phases of this people, though most schemes end this culture with the abandonment of the cliff dwellings around 1300 CE.
- Variations
Anasazi culture
Pueblo Indians
Basket-Maker Indians
Basketmaker-Pueblo
Anasazi
Ancestral Pueblo
Moki
Moqui
Hisatsinom
