Even in prehistoric times pottery decoration was an intellectual ... ceremonies and afterlife gifts. The Anasazi women would freehand paint the designs, which was difficult to paint on curved ...

An influx of different pottery designs suggests immigrants from the ... The drought likely ended any hope the Anasazi had of a revival, though. Perhaps the lesson is that environmentalists and ...

The archeologists found Anasazi pottery, architecture and a trash dump at a private ranch in southern New Mexico. Archeologists believe that the pueblo ancestors left the Four Corners area during ...

They were probably used by Anasazi caravans. Traders and migrants would have followed them, carrying exotic birds and carved sea shells; elaborately painted pottery and colorful, loom-woven textiles.

CIMARRON, N.M. — Delayed by a threatening forest fire and a daily climb up a sheer cliff, archeologists excavated and cataloged a seasonal rock dwelling they say may have been used 1,500 years ...

BLANDING, San Juan County — If you have a hankering to learn more about the historic Anasazi Indians that first ... will see more than 900 pieces of pottery, sandals woven from yucca leaves ...