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Later Prehistoric People of NM: Archaic, Mogollon, Ancestral Pueblo

Horizontales
The Ancestral Pueblo lived in the ___ region of NM (60)
Because they were built into the ground, pithouses provided natural __ from extreme heat or cold. (55)
The beliefs and customs of a group of people. (51)
The Archaic people built seasonal housing along ___ (50)
The people who came after the Paleo people are known by archaeologists as the ___ people (50)
Because of where they lived, the Mogollon could not dig canals to irrigate. Instead, they collected __ in small dams and then carried it to their crops. (54)
Used with a metate to grind seeds into flour (52)
Named after mountains in Southwestern NM, where pieces of their pottery were found. (54)
There is evidence that suggests to archaeologists that Archaic people had developed ____ and practices. (51)
Like the Paleo people before them, the Archaic people gradually ___ (54)
One of the most important tools of the Archaic period. It made hunting smaller animals easier. (52)
A small hole built into a kiva as a passageway to the spirit world. (55)
The Archaic People of NM are often called the __ culture. (52)
Today, the Mogollon are best known for the __ they left behind. (56)
A group of people who developed from the Archaic cultures who lived in Arizona. (54)
Verticales
We don't know anything about the language of ancient people because they left no __________ (50)
The Archaic people were more settled than the Paleo people and were the first people known to begin ______ to get some of their food. (51)
A major trade and religious center for the Ancestral Pueblos, sometimes hosting thousands of people at a time. (62)
Used by the Archaic people to store seeds and food (52)
The Mogollon are believed to the first group to use this weapon to hunt. (55)
The houses build by the later Ancestral Pueblos had advanced to apartment style buildings that were ___. (61)
The Archaic people, and later the Mogollon and Ancestral Pueblo all built some form of these shelters. (51)
As the Archaic people began to lead a more settled way of life, they began to create _____ like baskets and pottery. (51)
By the time the Ancestral Pueblo culture developed, NM had become a desert, so people developed ___ techniques to deal with the harsher environment. (60)
The Mogollon grew ___ as well as cotton, corn, squash, and beans. (54)
Were made out of rabbit, bird feathers, and even mouse skins (52)