Home and Shelter The Anasazi Indians had many homes. In their early days they were nomadic with many homes.  As the years passed, they soon began to settle in one spot. Before they lived on mesas, they began to make crude shelters and settle in caves. Later they began to be farmers and make houses in which they would settle in permanently. The homes they built were pit houses made out of tree branches and dirt from the ground. Soon enough they learned how to built houses using blocks of sand stone. That is when they began to build their homes (Pueblos) on Mesa tops. The rooms, or in other words the homes, they  lived in measured about ten feet by twenty feet. They built their homes high up in the cliffs  to protect themselves from other Indian tribes and white soldiers. The Anasazis homes were eight to ten stories high. http://anasazi.wikispaces.com/file/view/cro02.jpg/87964141/cro02.jpg http://cache2.artprintimages.com/p/LRG/26/2685/P9KUD00Z/art-print/paul-chesley-ancient-anasazi-indian-cliff-dwellings.jpg The Anasazi lived in mesa tops in the four corners region. Kelsie 6

Clothing The Anasazi people wore different clothing in the summer than in the winter because of the weather. Younger children often wore no clothes during the day, especially in the summer. In the winter, both young and old wore blankets and robes made from rabbit skins and turkey feathers. No matter what every body had the same amount of clothing in the village. During the summer, men and women wore skirts woven from cotton or yucca fibers. http://www.wyomingtradingpost.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/820-54519.jpg When temperatures were low young children and elders mostly wore blanket to keep warm for clothes. http://www.amarjah.com/images/Dress.jpg Anasazi women often wore deerskin dresses. Kelsie 6

Relationships,Trading The Anasazi Indians had few enemies and some trading partners When the Spanish came the Anasazi would not give up any land in the 1300’s. The Spanish soldiers killed many of the Anasazi Indians. The Anasazi traded with some other cultures from the North and Southeast region. Four thousand years after the Anasazi disappeared Spanish settlers would settle in to one of their cities and call it Pueblo Bonito which meant beautiful land. Sometimes the Anasazi tribes would trade with tribes near the ocean.. http://images.wikia.com/indianajones/images/6/6d/Hostile_African_tribe.jpg http://www.paintingmania.com/arts/charles-marion-russell/large/indian-trading-post-156_11012.jpg Sometimes, the Anasazi would trade with other tribes near the ocean. The Hostile Indian tribe were enemies to the Anasazi and they loved war. Kelsie 6

Interesting Facts While the Anasazi lived between 0 and 1300 A.D , they left behind a plethora of interesting information about themselves.  . Did you know that the name Anasazi means Ancient Ones? Another name for the Anasazi is the basket makers. Around the year 1000 A.D. during Europe's middle ages, the Anasazi built thirteen towns occupied by 3,000 people near Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. They were forced to leave their homes because of bad  relationships with the other tribes in the area. These cities were later taken over by the Ute and Navajo tribes. http://www.nps.gov/zion/historyculture/images/ZION_18592_r_1.jpg http://1raindrop.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/14/pueblo_bonito_aerial_chaco_canyon.jpg When the Anasazi first started, they were basket makers. By the middle of the 12th century, the Anasazi had vanished and no one knows why. Kelsie 6