9786956334 | Kiva | large underground chamber that the Anasazi used for religious ceremonies and political meetings | 0 | |
9786965175 | artifact | an object made or used by people in the past | 1 | |
9786974228 | archaeologist | a scientist who learns about ancient people by studying the things they left behind | 2 | |
9786981312 | cliff dwellings | Type of Ancestral Puebloan canyon housing found at southwestern sites such as Mesa Verde | 3 | |
9786992635 | spear | A long pole with a sharp, pointed blade at one end. | 4 | |
9786998488 | yucca | a plant that grows in the desert | 5 | |
9787012104 | bow and arrow | a weapon consisting of arrows and the bow to shoot them | 6 | |
9787026360 | pithouse | a house built partially underground by ancient people | 7 | |
9787034818 | maize | corn An early form of corn grown by Native Americans | 8 | |
9787040402 | atl atl | spear thrower | 9 | |
9787043788 | mano and metate | stone tools used to grind corn into meal | 10 | |
9787048310 | Ancestral Puebloans | early Native American peoples of the Southwest | 11 | |
9787053532 | pictograph | a picture or drawing representing words or ideas | 12 | |
9787063534 | petroglyph | ancient carving or inscription on rock | 13 | |
9787070573 | corrugated | shaped into alternate ridges and grooves | 14 | |
9788278132 | sipapu | a hole in the floor of a kiva that is a doorway between the spirit world and the physical world | 15 | |
9879145978 | seep spring | water that reaches the surface from some underground supply, appearing as small water holes or wet spots on hillsides or along river banks | 16 |
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