Anasazi
dwelling in a cliff cave.
Anasazi
is a the Navajo word for the "Ancient ones" that inhabited
the Four corners region between around 1AD and 1300.
These
indians predated the pueblo peoples. They built masonry buildings
in shaded hollows of cliffs where the air is cooler and the
homes easier to defend. They lived primarily from farming.
Their houses were abandoned by the time the Navajo people settled
into the area.
Monument
Valley, Arizona