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WHO
WERE THE ANASAZI?
Anasazi is a Navajo word interpreted to mean ancient enemies, enemy
ancestors or ancient ones. During the 15th and 16th centuries, the Navajo
arrived in what is now the southwestern United States. Ancestors of their
foe, the modern Pueblo Indians, inhabited the area prior to the Navajo.
What the Anasazi called themselves, however, probably never will be known.
More recently, some archaeologists adopted the term Ancestral Pueblo,
which suggests common ties with modern Pueblos. Although Ancestral Pueblo
is probably more accurate, archaeologists have used the term Anasazi for
many decades, and it now is generally accepted. It refers to village
dwelling farmers who existed in the southern Colorado Plateau of the Four
Corners region of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and southern Nevada
between about A.D. 1 and 1300.
Anasazi State Park Museum
offers a gift shop, auditorium, and outdoor picnic areas. While there is
no camping available at the museum, camping and lodging facilities are
located nearby
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