The corn provided a stalk for the beans and squash provided ground cover to reduce water evaporation. Corn, beans, and squash become so important in Indian cultures they were known as… The Three Sisters. and one hundred A.D., the Southwest Indians turned toward agriculture to supplement their food source. During the late Archaic period, corn and then beans and squash from Mesoamerica provided the means for a semi-settled village lifestyle. Four Corners Area The Anasazi, Mogollon, Sinagua, and Hohokam Indians did not range over the vast distances covered by the earlier Archaic Indian big game hunters of the late Pleistocene period. The Fremont and Anasazi Cultures overlapped in Utah and Colorado. A seventh culture, the Fremont Indians from the Great Basin settled primarily in Utah in 400 A.D. The Hopi live on the Three Mesas of Central Arizona. The Hohokam, Sinagua and Salado are often considered the same cultures living in different areas: the Hohokam central to southern Arizona the Salado in the Tonto Basin of southern Arizona Sinagua central Arizona to the Flagstaff area of northern Arizona. and 400 A.D., six Indian cultures settled in the american southwest: Anasazi, Mogollon, Hohokam, Salado, Sinagua, and Hopi (Lekson). Southwest Anasazi Indian Culture History Maps by Ned Eddins Thefurtrapper Article Catagories: Mountain Men American Indians Exploration Emigration Trails Forest Fires Historical Novels: Mountains of Stone The Winds of Change Pre-Historic Native Americans: Anasazi Fremont Indians Mesa Verde Hovenweep Southwest Rock Art Betatakin-Kiet Siel Monument Valley Cedar Mesa-Grand Gulch Barrier (Horseshoe) Canyon Paleo-Indians Meso-American Indians Indian Cultures: Indian Horse Indian Smallpox Indian Trade Guns Trail of Tears Trade Beads Indian Alcohol Internal Page Links: Anasazi Mogollon Hohokam-Sinagua Pueblo Phase Chaco Canyon Demise of Southwest Indian Cultures Between 1650 B.C.
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