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The '''Ancestral Pueblo''', popularly referred to as the '''Anasazi''' and sometimes as the ''Hitsatsonem''',  were a [[Native American]] people who lived in advanced structures near the "Four Corners" region where [[Arizona]], [[Utah]], [[Colorado]], and [[New Mexico]] intersect from about the time of [[Christ]]'s birth to 1300 AD, when they began to move away for reasons that are still not clear today. <ref>http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/anasazi.html</ref> (Anasazi is a [[Navajo]] term meaning "the ancient ones" or "ancient enemies", so the term "Ancestral Pueblo" is preferred by their direct descendants, the [[Pueblo]] people. After abandoning their advanced structures, they lived as hunter-gatherers for awhile, but again began to build advanced villages along the Rio Grande in New Mexico, around 490 AD.

The '''Ancestral Pueblo''', popularly referred to as the '''Anasazi''' and sometimes as the '''Hisatsinom''',  were a [[Native American]] people who lived in advanced structures near the "Four Corners" region where [[Arizona]], [[Utah]], [[Colorado]], and [[New Mexico]] intersect from about the time of [[Christ]]'s birth to 1300 AD, when they began to move away for reasons that are still not clear today. <ref>http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/anasazi.html</ref> (Anasazi is a [[Navajo]] term meaning "the ancient ones" or "ancient enemies", so the term "Ancestral Pueblo" is preferred by their direct descendants, the [[Pueblo]] people. After abandoning their advanced structures, they lived as hunter-gatherers for awhile, but again began to build advanced villages along the Rio Grande in New Mexico, around 490 AD.

The Anasazi were highly influential to [[Native American]] and New Mexican [[architecture]]. Many lived in circle-shaped pitlike structures with a sipapu - a hole in the ground. Others lived in carved out buildings inside of caves. The former went on to influence the structure of the Pueblo ceremonial room known as the ''kiva''. A kiva always contains a sipapu, and the Pueblo believe is that this is where their ancestors entered the world. <ref>Appiah & Gates, ''The Dictionary of Global Culture'', Alfred A. Knopf, New York 1997</ref> The Anasazi were also known for their [[horticulture]] - which was not easy for them, given the arid [[climate]] in which they lived - and their pottery. <ref>http://sdsd.essortment.com/nativeamerican_refe.htm</ref>

The Anasazi were highly influential to [[Native American]] and New Mexican [[architecture]]. Many lived in circle-shaped pitlike structures with a sipapu - a hole in the ground. Others lived in carved out buildings inside of caves. The former went on to influence the structure of the Pueblo ceremonial room known as the ''kiva''. A kiva always contains a sipapu, and the Pueblo believe is that this is where their ancestors entered the world. <ref>Appiah & Gates, ''The Dictionary of Global Culture'', Alfred A. Knopf, New York 1997</ref> The Anasazi were also known for their [[horticulture]] - which was not easy for them, given the arid [[climate]] in which they lived - and their pottery. <ref>http://sdsd.essortment.com/nativeamerican_refe.htm</ref>