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Ancestral Puebloan

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to a Native American culture flourishing in southern Colorado and Utah and northern New Mexico and Arizona from about AD 100, whose descendants are considered to include the present-day Pueblo peoples. Ancestral Puebloan culture includes an early Basket Maker phase and a later Pueblo phase marked by the construction of cliff dwellings and by expert artisanship in weaving and pottery.
  • noun A member of a people sharing this culture.

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