Oasisamerica
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Oasisamerica is a cultural region of Indigenous peoples in North America. Their precontact cultures were predominantly agrarian, in contrast with neighboring tribes to the south in Aridoamerica. The r
A pebble of turquoise
Ceramic bowl from Chaco Canyon in New Mexico which belonged to the Pueblo III phase
Archaeological site at Chaco Canyon, one of the principal sites of Ancestral Pueblo culture
A Hopi woman dressing the hair of an unmarried girl.
Mogollon culture
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The Mogollon culture is a pre-historic archaeological culture of Native American peoples from Southern New Mexico and Arizona, Northern Sonora and Chihuahua, and Western Texas. The northern part of th
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…may have played a large part in establishing trade relationships between the two cultural areas. At the same time, in Paquimé, a site connected to the Mogollon culture, there are ceremonial structures related to Mesoamerican religion and an important number of skeletons of Macaws that were carefully transported…
The rock wall of the canyon, the Cueva de las Ventanas cliff-dwelling is located left of center above a debris-covered cone.
Macaw Pens at Paquimé, Chihuahua
Man and crane, Mangas-Mimbres pot, c. 1000 CE, showing figure-ground reversal
Kinishba Ruins near Fort Apache, Arizona