AP vocab. Flashcards

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