During the early periods of the Ancestral Pueblo culture, from AD 1 to 700, they lived in rock shelters and caves, as well as in simple structures outside these protected spots. Later, they built remarkable villages of cliff dwellings and pueblos, with special ceremonial rooms called kivas. They made black and white pottery and textiles with striking striped and zigzag designs that have persisted to today.

Top: Walpi Pueblo, 1903, Eanger Irving Couse, Smithsonian American Art Museum, cat. no. 1993.48.4