The Anasazi
Krispy kreme/nick
Anasazi summary
The book talks about who the Anasazi Indians are and where they lived. Information was given on threories about why the Ansazi Indians left their homes called cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde, Colorado. It also describes how they left Mesa Verde and went to Mexico.
The Cliff Dwellings
The Anaszi Indians built the dwellings so they could have shelter from storms and bad weather. They built them out of clay by only using their hands and tools they made. THe fires in the dwellings kept them warm and used to cook food. They put holes in the roof like a chimney so the smoke would escape.
Clothing
They made their own clothes out of yucca fibers, turkey feathers and rabbit fur. they made rubes and skirts.
Kiva
They dance for rain while they are in the kiva.. members then left their homes to escape the fighting.
Words I learned
1. Pathogens: An agent that causes infectious diseases.
2. Skeletal: Framework consisting of parts of a human body onced they have died.
3. Gradual:taking place;changing or moving.