“Bluff, Utah Est. 650 AD.” My search had led me here, to a place where American history stretches deep into antiquity. I was chasing the Anasazi, Navajo for “Ancient Ones,” the mysterious ...

The images were snapped by amateur photographer Wayne Pinkston and show the caves occupied by the ancient Anasazi people in what is now the south-west United States. The Anasazi were a pre ...

Until recently, because of a popular and ingrained perception that sedentary ancient cultures were peaceful, archaeologists have been reluctant to acknowledge that the Anasazi could have been violent.

They are now referred to by the Navajo word for ancient ones, Anasazi. The cliff dwellings and canyon-bottom cities of the Anasazi were so well constructed that many have survived intact for 10 ...

There you can hike down and see up close petroglyphs etched into the canyon walls by Anasazi Indians thousands of years ago. Some are estimated to be at least 9,000 years of age and still ...

These allowances and adjustments sanction the preservation of ancient sites where Anasazi once had pit houses, room blocks and storage pits, but is something the private owners do not have to do.

Established in 1906, this national park preserves the works of the ancient Anasazi (believed to be ancestors of today’s Pueblo and Hopi tribes). Cliff dwellings date from about 550 AD to 1300 AD.

A view of one of the Bears Ears in July. Mule Canyon Ruin an ancient Anasazi site in Bears Ears. The land holds great importance to several Native American tribes. A view in The Valley of the Gods ...

Visitors to the Anasazi Heritage Center this year will be able to see the diverse history of Native American basketry in the Four Corners from 7,000 years ago to present day. Baskets were first ...