Southwest Settlements: Hohokam, Anasazi, Pueblos (GEO, MIG) (jan 1, 1200 – jan 1, 1400)

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The Southwest Settlements were a group of Native American settlements and civilizations located in the southwest area of North America which primarily belonged to groups of people categorized as Puebloans. These settlements belonged to generally rocky and arid desert-like areas with an overall lack of rivers. Of these Puebloan people, there were notably the Anasazi and Hohokam people. The Anasazi made use of their rocky surroundings in order to make their homes high on steep cliffsides making them easily defensible but isolated. The Hohokam people made particularly good use of irrigation systems in order to make use of their surroundings and grow “three sisters” crops (corn, beans, & squash), allowing for them to live more sedentary rather than nomadic lifestyles, and sustain higher populations. The Puebloan settlements utilized unique homes known as pueblos carved from stone and adobe, in a blocky almost apartmentlike fashion, allowing for both horizontal and vertical construction of multiple stories. These pueblo homes made use of the rocky and arid surroundings and were particularly useful for the Anasazi who carved their homes upon steep cliffsides.

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