What was the climate and land of NM like 10,000 years ago or more?

• Dry and Hot

• Freezing temperatures with ice and snow

• Wet and Warm

• Covered with grassland & forests and the weather was wet and cool

What is a Kiva?

• A place where you can buy smoothies

• A religious center for the Anasazi and the Pueblo Indians; it was the center of their religious ceremonies.

• A Mogollon home.

• One of the famous NM sites of the Anasazi people's dwellings.

What is an artifact?

• Something old

• A list of facts about the ancient art of the Pueblo People.

• The act of writing about it's history.

• Archaeologists use this term to describe anything made by people; it is important because of what it tells us about how early people lived.

Culture is

• The living patterns, customs, and skills of a given people at a given time.

• The artifacts we use to study past people

• The holiday's celebrated by each group of Early Humans

These items are used by archaeologists to study the Big Game Hunters.

• Pottery Shards

• Baskets

• Folsom and Clovis Spear Points

• Chicken Bones

The Big Game disappeared from NM for what reasons. What are they?

• Ice Age came to an end, lack of food for big game, too many people moved in and took over their land by building homes, and over hunting

• The climate changed as the Ice Age came to an end so the weather became drier/warmer and grasslands dried up, lack of food for big game, disease, and over hunting

• Climate change, the Ice Age began, the weather became colder and wetter, grasslands were covered in snow and ice, lack of food for big game, disease, and over hunting

• Climate change, too many villages were established, over hunting

The Mogollon lived in what 2 Physical Provinces of NM?

• Basin & Range and Great Plains

• Basin & Range and Colorado Plateau

• Rocky Mountains and Great Plains

• Colorado Plateau and Rocky Mountains

This is a photo of what type of home?

• Pit Home

• Pueblo

• Cliff Home

This is a photo of what type of Ancient Pueblo People's home?

• Pit Home

• Pueblo

• Cliff Dwelling

This is a photo of what type of Mogollon home?

• Pit Home

• Pueblo

• Cliff Home