When the ______________________________ are not used for ceremonies, we spend time in these warm, underground rooms listening to the stories of our people, or working on crafts such as weaving, basketry, and making tools.
No matter the time of the year, my people are busy with the daily tasks needed to survive in Mesa Verde.
{ Gentle Rain} Gentle Rain: My people did not always live in cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde. For the first 600 years they lived on the mesa top. As you drive the Mesa Top Loop you will see changes in our housing styles from pithouse, to pueblo, and finally to cliff dwelling.
_Directions_—Find the answers for your age group in this activity by driving the Mesa Top Loop and visiting Stops A, B, and C below.
After driving the Mesa Top Loop, connect the dots to see one of the Ancestral Puebloan homes.
PART 2: Which type of home is it? [_] Pithouse [_] Pueblo [_] Cliff Dwelling
_Go to_ PART 3 _to draw your favorite type of home_. ⇒
Drive the Mesa Top Loop Road and read the signs at each of the three stops listed below. Use the signs to find the missing word in each sentence and fill in the blanks. (_Don’t forget to ask your parents for help if you need it._)
A. Pithouse (A.D. 600) 1. The Ancestral Pueblo people were starting to build ______________________________ homes, and becoming farmers. B. Pithouses & Early Pueblo Villages (A.D. 700-950) 2. The Ancestral Pueblo people used ______________________________ construction (rough stones loosely cemented with clay) when they began building above ground villages. C. Sun Point View (A.D. 1200-1300) 3. The Ancestral Pueblo people built their cliff dwellings inside cliff ______________________________.
_Next, go to_ PART 2 _at the top of the next page to copy your answers in the blanks and complete the word search_. ⇒
Locate all twelve words in the word search puzzle below. Circle or draw a line through each word in the puzzle to finish it. (_Find the three missing words by completing “PART 1—Scavenger Hunt” above._)
1. [_] ______________________________ 2. [_] ______________________________ 3. [_] ______________________________ 4. [_] cliff dwelling 5. [_] community 6. [_] cooperation 7. [_] fire pit 8. [_] kiva 9. [_] pithouse 10. [_] pueblo 11. [_] room 12. [_] spring