Anasazi

1 The evidence that Haas uncovered points to other groups of Kayenta Anasazi living nearby as the enemies of the Long House inhabitants.

2 As settlers, prospectors, ranchers and explorers pushed into the region in the late 1800s, they discovered unique and spectacular sites left by Anasazi – ancestral Pueblo people who lived in the area from about A.D.

3 I also noticed a few Inn of the Anasazi guests having an intimate meal in front of the wood burning fireplace in the ground floor’s small living room.

4 So we aimed for Antelope House Ruin, an Anasazi village that Curtis photographed in 1906.

5 About an hour away in Santa Fe, stay at Bishop’s Lodge, Auberge Resorts Collection, Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi, or Inn of the Five Graces.

6 Stay at the Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi, Four Seasons Resort Rancho Encantado, Santuario by La Fonda, or the Inn of the Five Graces for luxurious accommodations in Santa Fe.

7 Once they did, the region entered a transformational period that resulted in the development of the Anasazi or Ancestral Pueblo societies.

8 Four Anasazi pots were carefully arranged on a rock nearby.

9 A hydrating waterfall that flows from the third to second floor is made following the Anasazi people’s technique of stacked stones.

10 The archeological record of the Anasazi and the region’s other ancient civilizations makes this enduring vulnerability clear.

11 I hope we never find out what happened to the Anasazi or the Mayans or Atlantis or any of the other lost civilizations, because wondering and watching our own backs keeps us on our feet.

12 Fireplaces and stunning carved doors abound at the Inn of the Anasazi.

13 These Anasazi ruins are found along a canyon hiking path in a dry river bed.

14 Chef Juan Bochenski adds a hint of gaucho flair to the Anasazi restaurant’s New Mexican flavors—he’s from Argentina, after all.

15 Millenniums ago the Anasazi built a village here, and Pueblo tribes followed, and then the restless and roaming Navajo.

16 Something was happening — a slow horror, perhaps so slow that it didn’t feel like a horror, until the Anasazi’s culture began to unwind.

17 The art features figures from the Anasazi period nearly 2,000 years ago.

18 Wetherill’s city of stone, Childs reminds us, was quickly commandeered by a Swedish archaeologist who, over the objections of outraged locals, shipped crates of Anasazi artifacts to Europe.

19 A Coconino County sheriff’s deputy responded to a report of theft July 6 at the Anasazi Inn.

20 Interestingly, these events appear to coincide with the start of a major exodus, with the Anasazi people who had lived in the region abandoning their settlements and leaving the area.