Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Ancestral Pueblo and Castro Celtic Cultures


The Ancestral Pueblo culture of America and the Castro Celtic culture of Spain and Ireland built the same types of masonry fortified villages. 

Ancestral Pueblo Cultures is also called Anasazi

Ancestral Pueblo cultures flourished in the region currently known as the Four Corners. The territory was covered by juniper forests which the ancient peoples learned to exploit for their own needs, since foraging among the other vegetation only sufficed for half of the year, only to fail from November to April. The Ancestral Pueblo society is one of the most complex to be found in Oasis America, and they are assumed to be the ancestors of the modern Pueblo people. The term "Anasazi" is also used to describe these cultures. It is a Navajo term meaning "enemy ancestors".

The Ancestral Pueblo culture built huge complexes to live in called ‘great houses’.

Castro Celtic Culture

A Castro is a fortified settlement, usually pre-Roman, some from late Bronze Age and Iron Age, the oldest research associated with the Celtic culture. The word Castro comes from the Latin castrum, which means "hill fort".




Sources:
Aztec Ruins in New Mexico http://www.meros.org/en/wonder/view?id=461
https://youtu.be/Y6yMPPwhxoc The Celtic Legacy (I do not believe all of this but it shows the structures above)

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