Anasazi
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1. Anasazi - Noun
2. Anasazi - Proper noun
Meaning
a Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings
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A stone's throw from bluffs peppered with ancient Anasazi petroglyphs, the river flows smooth and fast along a reed-covered bank shaded by willows.
Having this opportunity has extended the reach to the community, Fish said about bringing Anasazi Field wine to Los Alamos.
These apartment-house villages were often constructed on defensive sites: on ledges of massive rock, on flat summits, or on steep-sided mesas, locations that would afford the Anasazi protection from their Northern enemies.
It was designed to mimic Anasazi watchtowers, though, with four levels, it is significantly taller than historical towers. citation * Bright Angel Lodge was built of logs and stone in 1935.
Basketmaker Anasazi artifacts several thousand years old have been found south of the park.
The Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi) of the Chaco Canyon and surrounding region are believed to have prospered greatly from their production and trading of turquoise objects.