Ancestral Puebloans
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The Ancestral Puebloans were a Native American culture of the U.S. Southwest known for their sophisticated cliff dwellings, multi-story stone and adobe villages, and complex agricultural and ceremonial traditions.
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Target entity: Ancestral Puebloans Context triple: [Pre-Columbian era, includesCivilization, Ancestral Puebloans]
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Maricopa people
The Maricopa people are a Native American tribe of the Yuman language family traditionally living along the lower Gila and Colorado Rivers in what is now Arizona.
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Cahuilla people
The Cahuilla people are a Native American tribe indigenous to inland Southern California, traditionally inhabiting desert and mountain regions and known for their complex social organization, basketry, and adaptation to arid environments.
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Ute people
The Ute people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the Great Basin and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States, known for their hunter-gatherer traditions, horsemanship, and enduring cultural presence in Colorado, Utah, and neighboring areas.
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Yavapai people
The Yavapai people are a Native American group indigenous to central and western Arizona, known for their distinct language, semi-nomadic history, and close cultural ties with neighboring tribes.
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E.
Mojave people
The Mojave people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the lower Colorado River region, whose culture, traditions, and identity are deeply rooted in the Mojave Desert landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Ancestral Puebloans Target entity description: The Ancestral Puebloans were a Native American culture of the U.S. Southwest known for their sophisticated cliff dwellings, multi-story stone and adobe villages, and complex agricultural and ceremonial traditions.
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A.
Maricopa people
The Maricopa people are a Native American tribe of the Yuman language family traditionally living along the lower Gila and Colorado Rivers in what is now Arizona.
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B.
Cahuilla people
The Cahuilla people are a Native American tribe indigenous to inland Southern California, traditionally inhabiting desert and mountain regions and known for their complex social organization, basketry, and adaptation to arid environments.
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C.
Ute people
The Ute people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the Great Basin and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States, known for their hunter-gatherer traditions, horsemanship, and enduring cultural presence in Colorado, Utah, and neighboring areas.
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D.
Yavapai people
The Yavapai people are a Native American group indigenous to central and western Arizona, known for their distinct language, semi-nomadic history, and close cultural ties with neighboring tribes.
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E.
Mojave people
The Mojave people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the lower Colorado River region, whose culture, traditions, and identity are deeply rooted in the Mojave Desert landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (89)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American people
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ancient culture ⓘ archaeological culture ⓘ prehistoric society ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ancestral Puebloans
ⓘ
surface form:
Anasazi
Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ
surface form:
Ancestral Pueblo Peoples
|
| archaeologicalRegion |
Ancestral Puebloans
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancestral Puebloan culture area
|
| artForm |
black-on-white pottery
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petroglyphs ⓘ pictographs ⓘ polychrome pottery ⓘ rock art ⓘ |
| builtStructureType |
cliff dwellings
ⓘ
great kivas ⓘ pit houses ⓘ pueblos ⓘ |
| cosmologyFeature | sipapu concept ⓘ |
| cultivated |
beans
ⓘ
cotton ⓘ maize ⓘ squash ⓘ |
| declineFactors |
drought
ⓘ
migration ⓘ resource depletion ⓘ social conflict ⓘ |
| descendedInto |
Hopi people
ⓘ
surface form:
Hopi
Pueblo peoples ⓘ
surface form:
Rio Grande Pueblo peoples
Zuni people ⓘ
surface form:
Zuni
modern Pueblo peoples ⓘ |
| engagedIn | long-distance trade ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| flourished | c. 100 CE ⓘ |
| flourishedUntil | c. 1600 CE ⓘ |
| knownFor |
adobe architecture
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ceremonial centers ⓘ cliff dwellings ⓘ complex irrigation agriculture ⓘ great houses ⓘ kivas ⓘ multi-story stone pueblos ⓘ road systems ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Keresan languages
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Puebloan languages ⓘ
surface form:
Tanoan languages
Zuni language isolate ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
southwestern United States
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surface form:
American Southwest
Colorado Plateau ⓘ Four Corners region ⓘ present-day Arizona ⓘ present-day Colorado ⓘ present-day New Mexico ⓘ present-day Utah ⓘ |
| majorSite |
Aztec Ruins
ⓘ
Bandelier National Monument ⓘ Canyon de Chelly National Monument ⓘ
surface form:
Canyon de Chelly
Chaco Culture National Historical Park ⓘ
surface form:
Chaco Canyon
Cliff Palace ⓘ Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
surface form:
Hovenweep
Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ
surface form:
Mesa Verde
Pueblo Bonito ⓘ |
| materialCulture |
basketry
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turquoise ornaments ⓘ woven cotton textiles ⓘ |
| practiced | dryland farming ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | historic Pueblo cultures ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| religion | Puebloan traditional religion ⓘ |
| ritualStructure |
great kiva
ⓘ
kiva ⓘ |
| socialOrganization |
clan systems
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matrilineal descent (in many groups) ⓘ village-based communities ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Southwestern archaeology
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anthropology ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Archaic period
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Basketmaker II period ⓘ Basketmaker III period ⓘ Pueblo I period ⓘ Pueblo II period ⓘ Pueblo III period ⓘ Pueblo IV period ⓘ |
| tradedFor |
copper bells
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macaw feathers ⓘ turquoise ⓘ |
| tradedWith |
Hohokam culture
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surface form:
Hohokam
Mesoamerican cultures ⓘ Mogollon culture ⓘ
surface form:
Mogollon
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| used |
check dams
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terracing ⓘ water control systems ⓘ |
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