“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 ...

Research indicates a major drought began in the region about 1150. The Anasazi, a Navajo word meaning ancient ones, moved farther south than previously thought, and they abandoned their cliff ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Visitors are drawn slowly into the mystery of these American natives called the Anasazi-”Ancient Ones”-or more exactly in the Navajo Indian language, ”Ancestors of the Alien People.” ...

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.

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 ...

From tools made by people in ancient Mesopotamia to artifacts of the ancient Anasazi people, the world is full of treasures that reveal stories of the past. Greece is an especially rich place for ...