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| Southwest ecological zones |
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Definition
| Lowland desert (Hohokam), high plateau (Anasazi), central mountains (Mongollon), and north Mexico (Gran Chichmeca). |
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| Southwest cultural traits |
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Definition
| Pottery, agriculture, kivas, pueblos (Chaco Canyon), adobe, stone buildings, pithouses, ingenious water techniques, and multilevel architecture. |
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| Four major cultural traditions |
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Definition
Anasazi - Great Architecture
Hohokam - Irrigation systems
Mongollon -
Patayan - |
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Term
| Paleo-Indian Southwest Tradition |
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Definition
| Clovis/Folsom points with big game killsites. Small scattered populations. Big game more important in East. More attention to plants in west |
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Term
| How were Mesoamerican techniques adapted to the Southwest? |
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Definition
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| Archaic Tradition in Southwest |
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Definition
| Cultivation of maize, high population density, decreased mobility, and wide variety of projectile point styles |
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Term
| Explanation for proliferation of projectile point styles |
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Definition
| Points used to indicate territory |
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