The pueblo people, sometimes called the Anasazi. Began to build mud-brick houses for themselves in the south-west part of America about 100 BC. They were also known as the Basket Maker people.
These people built houses of wooden poles and mud-brick, often dug into pits in the ground, or they lived in caves. People hunted and gathered most of their food, but by 1 AD they also grew pumpkins and corn, which they had learned about from Maya people to their south. They did not use pottery, but mainly baskets. Around 500 AD, the Anasazi people also learned how to grow beans and domesticated turkeys. It then became easier to get their food from farming and herding turkeys than from hunting and gathering. They mostly became