Ancestral Puebloan Definition

Of or relating to a Native American culture flourishing in southern Colorado and Utah and northern New Mexico and Arizona from about ad 100, whose descendants are considered to include the present-day Pueblo peoples. Ancestral Puebloan culture includes an early Basket Maker phase and a later Pueblo phase marked by the construction of cliff dwellings and by expert artisanship in weaving and pottery.

A member of a people sharing this culture.