How did the Pueblo people live?
Background
The Pueblo, or Anasazi, people are thought to have been in America for 20,000 years. The name Pueblo (Spanish for "town") derives from the stone or adobe (dried mud) apartment houses that these people were the first to build. Rocky and mountainous terrain (land) presented no obstacle; housing units were built in layers conforming to the cliffs.
Some Pueblos, however, settled in the harsh and dry desert areas. They understood and respected nature, and therefore dealt with their environment cooperatively. Rather than resist nature, they prayed to it, worked with it, and saw themselves as a harmonious part of the order of nature.
Until the year 1500, Pueblo society was peace loving and egalitarian (demoncratic). All the people had a say in running the village government. There was no class system or differences in wealth among the Pueblo. Even council members worked and shared responsibilities with the rest of the tribe as equals. Among the descendants of the Anasazi are the Zuni, the Hopi, the Santa Clara, all of whom live in the American Southwest today.
Major Ideas:
1. These civilizations were spatially differentiated into regions by a number of cultural factors
2. The Pueblo civilization had developed levels of TECHNOLOGY that demonstrated a high level of sophistication .
