Around A.D. 1250, seeking refuge from some unknown threat, the Anasazi migrated from open villages to nearly inaccessible dwellings. A generation later, they moved again. Douglas Merriam In 1874 ...

B.C., the ancestors of the Pueblo people, known as the Anasazi, built thriving communities across the Four Corners region, leaving behind grand pueblos, intricate crafts, and striking rock art.

They have their own names for their forbears and do not use the word "Anasazi." They would prefer that all others use the term "ancestral Puebloans." And they do not consider Cliff Palace a ruin ...

By the end of the 13th century the ancestral Puebloans had left the plateau, never to return. Luminarias light Spruce Tree House, an ancient dwelling of the Anasazi people and the third largest ...