Natives, North American: The Southwest Area
The Southwest Area
The Southwest area generally extended over Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Colorado and Utah. The Uto-Aztecan branch of the Aztec-Tanoan linguistic stock was the main language group of the area. Here a seminomadic people called the Basket Makers, who hunted with a spear thrower, or atlatl, acquired (c.1000
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Contemporary Life
- The Southwest Area
- The Northern Area
- The Eastern Woodlands Area
- The Plateau Area
- The Plains Area
- The Northwest Coast Area
- Bibliography
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