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The Ancestral Puebloans, also known as the Anasazi and by the earlier term the Basketmaker-Pueblo culture, were an ancient Native American culture that spanned the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, comprising southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado.
There is little evidence of clothing aside from a few loin-cloths found at archaeological sites. Women may have worn aprons on special occasions. Hides or blankets made of yucca fibers and rabbit fur were likely for warmth. [1] Both men and women wore necklaces, bracelets and pendants made of shell, stone, bone and dried berries.
The Virgin Anasazi were the westernmost Ancestral Puebloan group in the American Southwest. They occupied the area in and around the Virgin River and Muddy Rivers, the western Colorado Plateau, the Moapa Valley and were bordered to the south by the Colorado River. [1] They occupied areas in present-day Nevada, Arizona, and Utah.
Reed, Paul F. (2000) Foundations of Anasazi Culture: The Basketmaker Pueblo Transition. University of Utah Press. ISBN 0-87480-656-9. Stuart, David E.; Moczygemba-McKinsey, Susan B. (2000) Anasazi America: Seventeen Centuries on the Road from Center Place. University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 0-8263-2179-8. Wenger, Gilbert R.
When a Hopi man places a mask upon his head and wears the appropriate costume and body paint, his personal identity is lost and the spirit of the kachina he is supposed to represent takes its place. Besides the male kachinas are many female kachinas called kachin-manas, but women never take the part of male or female kachinas. [10]
Jewish religious clothing is apparel worn by Jews in connection with the practice of the Jewish religion. Jewish religious clothing has changed over time while maintaining the influences of biblical commandments and Jewish religious law regarding clothing and modesty . Contemporary styles in the wider culture also have a bearing on Jewish ...
Wetherill named the cliff dwellers the Anasazi, the Navajo term for "ancient enemy," and would also coin the term "basket people" for his discoveries of a pre-cliff dweller people later known as Basket Makers." Wetherill's claim that the Basket Makers preceded the cliff dwellers was discounted for many years by archaeologists, but has proven to ...
Traditional Native American clothing is the apparel worn by the indigenous peoples of the region that became the United States before the coming of Europeans. Because the terrain, climate and materials available varied widely across the vast region, there was no one style of clothing throughout, [ 1 ] but individual ethnic groups or tribes ...