Anasazi Indians The Anasazi civilization started to develop around AD 100 in North America. They lived where the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado meet. It is a very harsh environment. The name Anasazi is a word from the Navajo language meaning "ancient ones". When the Anasazi first settled in the southwest of what would be the United States they were already great basket weavers, that's why they have come to be known as …showed first 75 words of 662 total…

…showed last 75 words of 662 total…world to survive. They carefully observed the sun, moon and stars to know when to start planting and getting prepared for winter. Spring and summer were mostly devoted to harvest, fall and winter to hunting. At the end of the 13th century the cliff dwellings were deserted. Nobody knows for sure what really happened, they might have been a very bad drought, they may have been attacked, they may have moved, but the mystery remains.