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  2. List of pre-Columbian inventions and innovations of ...

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    Pueblo Bonito, one of the seminal archaeological sites today, is an example of this indigenous multistory apartment complex construction from the Anasazi and Hohokam time periods; approximately dating back one thousand years ago. Nazca monkey. Art to be viewed from space – The Nazca Lines were created by the ancient Nazca culture in modern ...

  3. Ancestral Puebloans - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Native American weaponry - Wikipedia

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    Cutting weapons were used by the Native Americans for combat as well as hunting. Tribes in North America preferred shorter blades and did not use long cutting weapons like the swords that the Europeans used at the time. Knives were used as tools for hunting and other chores, like skinning animals. Knives consisted of a blade made of stone, bone ...

  5. Cowboy Wash - Wikipedia

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    Cowboy Wash is a group of nine archaeological sites used by Ancestral Puebloans (previously known as Anasazi) in Montezuma County, southwestern Colorado, United States. Each site includes one to three pit houses, and was discovered in 1993 during an archaeological dig. The remains of twelve humans were found at one of the pit house sites ...

  6. Virgin Anasazi - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Projectile point - Wikipedia

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    They are thus different from weapons presumed to have been kept in the hand, such as knives, spears, axes, hammers, and maces. Stone tools, including projectile points, were often lost or discarded and are relatively plentiful, especially at archaeological sites. They provide useful clues to the human past, including prehistoric trade.

  8. The Multifaceted Role of Elephant Tusks: Tools, Weapons, and ...

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    From their floppy ears to their giant trunks and massive size, there’s a lot that stands out about the elephant. Elephant tusks are both a valuable tool and a potential liability for these ...

  9. Early Basketmaker II Era - Wikipedia

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    The Early Basketmaker II Era (1500 BCE – 50 CE) was the first Post-Archaic cultural period of Ancient Pueblo People.The era began with the cultivation of maize in the northern American southwest, although there was not a dependence upon agriculture until about 500 BCE. [1]