Across
- 3. referring to a society where women hold the most social power
- 6. a person who moves from place to place
- 8. term used by Spanish explorers to describe Indian villages they encountered that had multi-room and sometimes multi-level homes
- 9. relating to a time period before there were written records
- 10. a wooden tool used by Archaic people
- 11. a long, cold period of time when snow and ice covered most of the earth
- 12. ancient
- 13. first day of summer
- 17. a government that is run from a central location
- 18. the study of past people and cultures through a careful examination of artifacts
- 19. main form of Navajo housing made from logs, mud, and brush
- 20. the language of the Dine people
- 23. oval-shaped ut made from thin tree branches and covered with brush, grass mats, or animal hides
- 25. "the people" in the Athabascan language; name used by Navajo and Apache people
- 26. the beliefs and customs of a group of people
Down
- 1. flat stone used by prehistoric people to grind seeds
- 2. anciefirstemy
- 4. the belief in many gods
- 5. spirit
- 7. the belief in one god
- 14. small stone used by prehistoric people to grind seeds
- 15. native
- 16. first day of winter
- 21. a passageway from the underworld
- 22. cone-shaped tent covered in animal skins used as temporary housing by Apache Indians
- 24. a ceremonial pit used by both ancient and modern Puebloan people