Anasazi
pronunciation
How to pronounce Anasazi in British English:
UK [ˌɑ:nəˈsɑ:zi:]
How to pronounce Anasazi in American English:
US [ˌɑnəˈsɑzi]
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- Noun:
- a Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings
Word Origin
- Anasazi
- Name applied by their Navajo neighbors to modern Pueblo peoples of the U.S. southwest, and to various landscape features associated with them, from Navajo anaasazi "ancestors of the enemies." Said to first have been applied to the ancient Pueblo ruins of southwestern United States in the Mesa Verde region c. 1889 by rancher and trader Richard Wetherill, who began exploration of the sites in the area; established in archaeological terminology 1927.
Example
- 1. The anasazi culture were also skilled at forming the natural clays into pottery .
- 2. The anasazi culture was stressed and erupted into warfare .
- 3. The cliff dwellings were built by the anasazi more than 500 years earlier .
- 4. One prominent group were the anasazi who lived in the present day northeastern arizona and surrounding areas .
- 5. The anasazi used hardened dry mud , called adobe , along with sandstone to form intricate buildings and were sometimes found high in the natural overhangs of the mesas .