To complete the crosspuzzle, you must print off a copy of the puzzle. Follow the linked clues, then to return to the puzzle, use the link in CAPITAL letters.

      Across

      1. Decoration of cave surfaces is commonly known as rock _ _ _.
      2. _ _ _ _ cradle boards produced flattened skulls.
      3. Mesa Verde National Park is famous for its _ _ _ _ _ dwellings.
      5. Most cliff dwellings were built in the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ century.
      7. Spanish word meaning town or village. _ _ _ _ _ _.
      11. Kivas were generally built on an axis facing north/ _ _ _ _ _.
      12. The Anasazi were agricultural _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
      13. Images painted onto the rock surface, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
      14. Petroglyphs were engraved, into the _ _ _ _ surface.
      15. One of the products that the Anasazi harvested, _ _ _ _ _.
      17. Mythical figure believed to be the symbol of fertility,
      _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
      20. Settlers with huge influence on native tribes upon entering SouthWestern USA in the sixteenth century, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
      21. Basket Maker III sites were located on the _ _ _ _ top.
      23. Spanish term for the Diné tribe, _ _ _ _ _ _.
      24. Stone slab that caused air to circulate in a kiva, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.


      Down

      1. Main weapon in the Basket Maker II period, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ & darts.
      4. Medicine man of the tribe, _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
      6. Designs indented into the surface of the cave, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
      8. Single solid colour that dominates Basket Maker II rock art,
      _ _ _ _ _.
      9. Term used for cultures who are related through the female line,
      _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
      10. Descendants from Asia, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
      16. The modern day descendants of the Anasazi are the Hopi and the _ _ _ _.
      18. Subterranean ceremonial room, _ _ _ _.
      19. Word that mean 'ancient enemies', _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
      20. Tree believed to have led into a cliff dwelling, and after which it is named, _ _ _ _ _ _.
      22. Number of stages of Anasazi architectural development, _ _ _ _.



      Rohn 1977 p123

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