Name applied by their Navajo neighbors to modern Pueblo peoples of the U.S. southwest, and to various landscape features associated with them, from Navajo anaasazi "ancestors of the enemies." Said to first have been applied to the ancient Pueblo ruins of southwestern United States in the Mesa Verde region c. 1889 by rancher and trader Richard Wetherill, who began exploration of the sites in the area; established in archaeological terminology 1927.
权威例句
1. The Anasazi built cliff dwellings in the southwestern United States.
古代阿纳萨齐人在美国西南部建造了崖壁住所.
2. Disc 4 : Anasazi, The Blessing Way ( with audio commentary by Bob Goodwin ), Paper Clip.