← Civilizations
100 CE – 1300 CE
Ancestral Puebloans
Cliff-dwelling builders of the American Southwest and master astronomers.
Timeline
c. 100 CE
Basketmaker villages
Early farmers settle the canyons of the American Southwest.
c. 1200 CE
Cliff palaces built
Elaborate stone dwellings are built into sheltered cliffs.
c. 1300 CE
The great migration
Drought drives the people to abandon their cliff cities.