Ancestral Puebloans

Hello! We are the Ancestral Pueblo people. We lived a very, very long time ago, and we want to share our story with you. Our homes were amazing. We built them in very special places. We looked for tall rock cliffs and built our houses right into the sides of them.

We used materials from the land to build. We found strong stones and used mud to stick them together. This made our homes sturdy and safe. Our front doors were very high up! To get to them, we had to climb up and down tall ladders every day. It was like living in a castle in a cliff.

We were also great farmers. We planted gardens to grow food for our families. We grew corn, which was an important food for us. We also grew beans and squash. Eating the food we grew helped us stay healthy and strong.

With our hands, we made beautiful things out of clay from the earth. We shaped the clay into pots to hold our food and our water. We loved to decorate our pots. We painted them with pretty designs using black and white colors. Each pot was a special work of art.

We do not live in those cliff houses anymore. But our families are still here today. They are called the Pueblo peoples, and they remember us. They share our stories and keep our traditions going. The amazing homes we built into the cliffs are still there. You can visit them and see how we lived so long ago.