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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. List of earliest tools - Wikipedia

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    This list excludes tools and tool use attributed to non-hominin species. See Tool use by non-humans. Since there are far too many hominin tool sites to list on a single page, this page attempts to list the 6 or fewer top candidates for oldest tool site within each significant geographic area.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Early Basketmaker II Era - Wikipedia

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    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.

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

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    You can even approximate an elephant’s age by comparing its tusk size to others of its age and species. ... Tools, Weapons, and Cultural Symbols appeared first on A-Z Animals. Show comments ...

  9. Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum - Wikipedia

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    Anasazi Heritage Center, Aerial View Regional map of Ancient Pueblo peoples, or Anasazi, centered on the Four Corners. The Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum (formerly the Anasazi Heritage Center) located in Dolores, Colorado, is an archaeological museum of Native American pueblo and hunter-gatherer cultures.