Deer Petroglyph Ancient Cultures of the American Southwest: the Anasazi, Hohokam, Mogollon and Mimbres

 

National Parks & Monuments Anasazi Hohokam Mogollon Mimbres Lesson Plans


Below is collection of links to web resources that reflect the cultures and lifeways of four distinct peoples who lived in what is now known as the Four Corners area in the American Southwest. The Anasazi,Hohokam, Mogollon and Mimbres left us a great deal in the way of evidence that illustrates for us today what their lives were like in pre-Columbian New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado. The precision and scale of their architecture, their scientific mastery using astronomy and the beauty of their pottery, as well as the sense of mystery concerning what happened to these cultures, is of fascination and great interest to many. The resources listed on this page provide a starting point to begin an exploration of the past through information about the people and the extraordinary places and artifacts they left behind to visit either virtually or in person.

National Parks & Monuments: Arizona Colorado New Mexico Utah

Arizona:
Navajo National Monument (National Park Service)
Canyon De Chelly National Monument (National Park Service)
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument (National Park Service)
Tuzigoot National Monument (National Park Service)
Walnut Canyon National Monument (National Park Service)
Wupatki National Monument (National Park Service)
Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument - BLM Arizona
Petrified Forest National Park--American Southwest--A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
Montezuma Castle National Monument (National Park Service)
Grand Canyon National Park (National Park Service)

Colorado:
Official Website for Mesa Verde National Park
Chimney Rock Interpretive Program Website

New Mexico:
Aztec Ruins NM Home Page
Bandelier National Monument (National Park Service)
Chaco Culture National Historical Park (National Park Service)
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (National Park Service)
Pecos National Historical Park (National Park Service)
Petroglyph National Monument (National Park Service)
El Morro National Monument (National Park Service)

Utah:
Hovenweep National Monument (National Park Service)
Natural Bridges National Monument (National Park Service)
Capitol Reef National Park (National Park Service)
Canyonlands National Park - Official Home Page

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Anasazi: General Archaeology Culture/Lifeways Archaeoastronomy Mysteries/Theories

General:

Archaeological Sites of the Southwest
MESA VERDE COUNTRY The Heart of Archaeology in the Southwest
Research Starters Anasazi and Pueblo Indians
Ancient Pueblo Peoples (Anasazi) Links
The educational encyclopedia, old and lost cultures Links
Anasazi
People of the Colorado Plateau-The Anasazi or Ancient Pueblo
Southwest Reference Collection
Mythology's Mythinglinks Indigenous Peoples of North America -- Pueblo & Athabaskan Peoples of the American Southwest
Native American Timeline - USA - InquiryUnlimited.org - formerly sited at Boston KidWeb - Joseph Lee School, Boston, MA
BLM Colorado - Anasazi Heritage Center
The Anasazi - DesertUSA
History of the Anasazi
Anasazi Indians Books and Articles - Research Anasazi Indians at Questia Online Library

Archaeology:

Southwest Archaeology Lecture Notes
Archaeological Sites of the Southwest
Archaeology at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
Center For Desert Archaeology
American Southwest
Anthropology and Archaeology Pages by James Q. Jacobs
Anasazi Great Houses
NASA Archeology Research - Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Indian Ruins in the Four Corners Area

Culture/Lifeways:

Sipapu--The Anasazi Emergence into the Cyber World
The Ancient Pueblo
Anasazi The Ancient Ones - Manitou Cliff Dwellings
The New Mexico Cultural Database of Museums, Parks, and Monuments
ART HISTORY RESOURCES Part 18 The Native Arts of the Americas & Oceania
EVALUATING MODELS OF CHACO
Spirit of the Anasazi
NPS Museum Collections Chaco National Historical Site
Cliff Dwellings of the Anasazi
Mountain Studies Institute - Ancestral Puebloans
TREADING IN THE PAST SANDALS OF THE ANASAZI
The Anasazi
Art & Architecture of the Anasazi
Anasazi baskets and pots
PETROGLYPHS & ROCK PAINTINGS
Native American Rock Art, Petroglyphs, Pictographs of the Southwest United States
Ancient Rock Art is Still A Mystery - DesertUSA
Native American petroglyphs and pictographs
BLM-Bureau of Land Management-Utah-Rock Art
UNM - Quantum 2002 - The Chaco Anasazi A Legacy of Innovation
Unearthing canyon's clues Mysteries of Anasazi revealed in Chaco's centuries-old corn

Archaeoastronomy:

Archaeoastronomy in the American Southwest
Native American Astronomy of the Primitive Southwest
Skywatchers
The Solstice Project
Archaeoastronomy
Solar Astronomy in the Prehistoric Southwest

Mysteries/Theories:

PBS - Secrets of the Dead
Collapse Chaco Canyon
Did cannibalism kill Anasazi civilization
Land Use History of the Colorado Plateau-The Anasazi Collapse
Cannibals of the Canyon
Anasazi - Mysteries of History - U.S. News Online
Anasazis gave Rise to the Pueblos


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Hohokam:


The Hohokam Preshistoric People of the Desert Southwest - DesertUSA
DOORWAYS TO THE PAST HOHOKAM HOUSES
Hohokam
3D Hohokam Pithouse
The Ancient Hohokam Canal System in the Valley of the Sun, in central Arizona, USA.
Tucson Weekly Sports Culture (November 13 - November 19, 1997)
Archaeologist Finds Arizona's Ancient Hohokam Was Complex, Advanced Culture That May Have Reached The West Coast
When Phoenix belonged to the Hohokam
Pueblo_Grande Runis & Museum
Hohokam Indian Page
Southwest Indian History 300 BC Hohokam
Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park
Art LessonHohokams and Rock Art
Hohokam Petroglyph Site Tucson Arizona
THE HOHOKAM OF THE SOUTHWEST


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Mogollon:

The Mogollon Prehistoric People of the Desert Southwest - DesertUSA
El Centro College's Mogollon, Hohokam, Cochise Peoples Page
Land Use History of the Mogollon Rim, Arizona
Firecracker Pueblo
Into the Sierra Madre in search of a lost people
Mogollon
Jordan Southwestern Chronology
Hohokam, Mogollon, and Anasazi
Southwest Indian History 300 BC Mogollon
Archaic culture
The Mogollon
Gila Pottery


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Mimbres:

To Touch the Past Painted Pottery of the Mimbres People
The Mogollon Mimbres -  Home Page
Mimbres Web 5
Ancestral Art Information on Mimbres Culture
Notebook: The Mimbres Art and Archaeology
The Mimbres Culture
History of the Mimbres New Mexico river valley
ASU Research E-Magazine In Search of a Collapsed Culture
Brody Report:A address to a group at the Deming Luna Mimbres Museum
Mimbres:Environmental adaptation of a southwest Indian culture
Vision Bowls of the Mimbrenos
ArtsNet Minnesota What Is Art New Mexico (Mimbres)
ABSRACT MOTIFS of Mimbres Ceramics

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Lesson Plans & Teacher Resources:

BLM Colorado-Anasazi Heritage Center - Teachers' Resources
The Mysterious Disappearance of the Ancient Ones An Inquiry-Based Learning
Anasazi Webquest Project - Powerpoint
Legends in Clay
Sky Watchers Ancient Astronomers--World History lesson plan (grades 6-8)--DiscoverySchool.com
RetaNet Lesson Plan:Anasazi/MesoAmerican/Andean: Time and Cultural Passages
Lesson Plans - Interpreting Rock Art of the Anasazi
The Case of the Vanishing Anasazi
Ancient People Anasazi Theme_Thematic Unit
ANASAZI Unit - 4th grade
Lesson plan - Anasazi
Core Knowledge - Lesson Plans:The Story of the earth - Digging up the past
Ancient American's On-Line Theme Unit Page 1
Lesson Plans -- Web Quests Mysteries in the Americas
Science Netlinks Science Updates Computerized Civilization
Ancient Ones Webquest
Collapse Chaco Canyon
Southwest Culture Through Art: UNIT AND LESSONS
Lesson Plans for Teaching About Native Americans
NativeAmerican Lesson Units
Mimbres Pottery
Ancient Inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere
American Southwest Teaching Kit

 

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June 28,2004
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