ANASAZI
The Ancient Ones
As an Anthropology major in college, there was no story of greater intrigue for me than the disappearance of one of the most remarkable cultures to have ever graced this planet. That mystery has stirred and awakened my creative soul, leading me down the trail of discovering the world of watercolor painting on Yupo paper. The pictures that follow are just a few of the ones that will be on display during October, 2010.
WHERE DID THEY GO, AND WHY?
The word “Anasazi” (ah-nuh-SAH-zee) is used to describe a distinctive American Indian civilization and culture that existed from about 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1300 in the Four Corners Area of Southwestern United States. See Southwest Culture Map. These people are probably best known for the ruins of their monumental cliff dwellings at places like Mesa Verde, which they abandoned at the end of the 13th century.Some early archaeologists thought that the Anasazi disappeared without explanation, abandoning magnificent stone structures like the Cliff House cliff dwelling and a half-million gallon reservoir at Mesa Verde National Monument in Colorado, a five-story pueblo “apartment house” of 800 rooms at Chaco Cultural National Historic Park in New Mexico, and a huge sunken kiva with a 95-ton roof supported by four wooden posts at Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico.
Please take a few minutes to view the video below to get acquainted with the rich history of the Anasazi, as it is source from which my work has evolved over the past year.
