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[[File:Hovenweep in snow.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Horseshoe Tower in the snow, [[Hovenweep National Monument]]]]
The '''Ancestral Puebloans''', also known as the '''Anasazi''', were an ancient Native American culture that spanned the present-day [[Four Corners]] region of the United States, comprising southeastern [[Utah]], northeastern [[Arizona]], northwestern [[New Mexico]], and southwestern [[Colorado]].<ref name=eb>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/22804/Ancestral-Pueblo-culture |title=Ancestral Pueblo culture |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=4 June 2012}}</ref> They are believed to have developed, at least in part, from the [[Oshara
The Ancestral Puebloans lived in a range of structures that included small family [[pit house]]s, larger structures to house [[clan]]s, grand [[pueblos]], and cliff-sited dwellings for defense. They had a complex network linking hundreds of communities and population centers across the [[Colorado Plateau]]. They held a distinct knowledge of celestial sciences that found form in their architecture. The [[kiva]], a congregational space that was used mostly for ceremonies, was an integral part of the community structure.
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