USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Evolving from a hunter-gathering lifestyle, the Pueblo people were known as peaceful farmers, herdsmen, basketmakers, and potters. The Pueblo American Indians expanded into an agricultural society-growing maize, pumpkins, seeds, tobacco, corn, beans, and squash while designing complex water irrigation systems.

Detailed explanation-2: -To help them through times of drought, Pueblo farmers also began building small dams and reservoirs. These helped the people catch and store rainwater and melted snow that could be used to water their crops. Pueblo people during this time began eating domesticated turkey.

Detailed explanation-3: -The climate was cooler and wetter; there were glaciers on top of the Sandia Mountains and small shallow lakes called playas on the west mesa and a large lake in the Estancia Basin to the east of the Sandias. A wide variety of exotic animals lived here then–mammoths, saber-toothed tigers, and dire wolves.

Detailed explanation-4: -Corn, beans, and squash were the most important crops. The Ancestral Pueblo people depended on agriculture to sustain them in their more sedentary lifestyle. Corn, beans, and squash were the most important crop items.