A·na·sa·zi (ä n -sä z )n. pl. Anasazi or A·na·sa·zis 1. A Native American culture flourishing in southern Colorado and Utah and northern New Mexico and Arizona from about a.d. 100, whose descendants are considered to include the present-day Pueblo peoples. Anasazi culture includes an early Basket Maker phase and a later Pueblo phase marked by the construction of cliff dwellings and by expert artisanship in weaving and pottery. 2. A member of a people sharing this culture. [Navajo anaasází, from anaa' bizází, enemy's ancestors : anaa', enemy + bizází, ancestors.] |
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| Noun | 1. |  Anasazi - a Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellingsAmerican Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived cliff dweller - a member of the Anasazi people living in the southwestern United States who built rock or adobe dwellings on ledges in the sides of caves |
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