Zia Pueblo

North Americaintensive agriculturalists
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The Zia are a Keres-speaking pueblo people who live on the Jemez River, 35 miles northwest of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Descendents of the Chaco Canyon Anasazi, they migrated to their present location in the 13th century. The Zia share the secret society and kachina complex of other pueblos.

Identifier
Region
  • North America
Subregion
  • Southwest and Basin
Subsistence Type
  • intensive agriculturalists
Samples
Countries
  • United States
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