Pueblo Farmers

The Mogollon people lived in

• the desert

• forests

• mountains

How did Mogollon people grow gardens?

• Large scale irrigation on major rivers

• Small dams captured rainwater and small streams were irrigated

• Dry farming

How did Mogollon people supplement their farming diet?

• Hunting and gathering

• Trade with the Mayans

• Raiding nearby Ancestral Puebloans

In Mogollon culture, what replaced the atlatl?

• Spears

• Bow and arrow

• Swords

Pueblos eventually replaced this in Mogollon culture

• Pithouses

• Tents

• Kivas

What is a pueblo?

• Apartment structures grouped together to form a village

• Pithouses grouped around a kiva

• Ceremonial structure in the center of a village

True or False. Pueblos can be found in both Mogollon and Ancestral Puebloan culture.

• True

• False

Where did Mogollon culture exist?

• Southwest New Mexico

• Four Corners Region

• Northwest New Mexico

What is a kiva?

• Square shaped home of a pueblo leader

• Large round sunken room used for religious ceremonies

• Small hole where a person's spirit travels to the underworld

What is the sipapu?

• Sacred building used for ceremonies

• The spirit of a person

• Hole in floor of a kiva that's a passage to the underworld