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Bureau of Land Management: Anasazi Heritage Center: Who Were the Anasazi?

For Students 4th - 8th
A question-and-answer site giving information about the Anasazi, an ancestral Pueblo people. There is a discussion of their languages, farming methods, architecture, and use of astronomy.
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Santa Fe Institute: Social Strife May Have Exiled Ancient Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers another explanation for the disappearance of the Anasazi - a bloody interclan war as opposed to the theory of drought and climactic changes.
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National Park Service: Bandelier National Monument: Archeology

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this brief introduction to the Pueblo Culture, the Anasazi, as they lived prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 1500s. Find examples of their pottery and their cliff dwellings.