A Very Brief History Of The Anasazi Culture

The Anasazi people’s culture has fascinated archaeologists for many years, since there is very little knowledge of the society. The goal of actually finding any more information is unlikely to be conceived, seeing as what there is to know about these wonderful peoples, is mostly gone. The most significant part of identifying the Anasazi would undoubtedly be their cliff dwellings. The Anasazi as we know them today were actually a group of peoples who lived in the same general area of each other and were known for their pueblo architecture, their great skill at basket weaving, and their ingenuitive use of the land around them to farm and create tools.

The pueblo architecture, developed by the Anasazi is an improvement on the architecture that is known to be around at the time. Such buildings, most notably carved into cliff faces, were designed to be simple homes with the use of adobe to make bricks upon which the architectural feat of the buildings relied on for their structure. The use of adobe in the pueblos themselves was also an improvement in the previous version of the Anasazi style homes that included a simple kiva, an underground room

To our knowledge, the Anasazi had several close encounters with their downfall, until finally, we find the remains of several spots where the culture seemed to be most prominent. This area, commonly referred to the Mesa Verde Region is where the culture became what it is known as today. They used yucca, apocynum, bark and other plant fibers to make baskets and footwear. The distinctions between the developments in the Anasazi were so great that they actually have designations based on time period. The greatest use of the basket was during the era of the Basketmaker Anasazi, and is also an example of the designations given to these incredible