Basket Maker

American  

noun

1. an American Indian culture of the southwestern U.S. from 100 b.c. to a.d. 65 that developed in three phases, immediately preceded the Pueblo culture, and was noted for its basketry, agriculture, use of the bow and arrow, and, in its later stages, the building of semisubterranean houses.

2. an American Indian belonging to the Basket Maker culture.

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Basket Maker British  

noun

1. a member of an early Native American people of the southwestern US, preceding the Pueblo people, known for skill in basket-making

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Etymology

Origin of Basket Maker

First recorded in 1895–1900

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Basket Maker

Excavation in Step House Cave and discovery of its occupation by Basket Maker III people more than 3 centuries in advance of cliff dweller occupation.

From Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by United States. Dept. of the Interior

And to Gum Webster and his wife, Daughter of fair Molly Barber, Was born a son known through his life As "Sol Webster, Basket Maker."

From Legend of Barkhamsted Light House A Tale from the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut by Lewis Sprague Mills

In 1922 one of the Late Basket Maker pit houses was excavated on the mesa above Square Tower House.

From Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by United States. Dept. of the Interior

Late Basket Maker House A, formerly known as Earth Lodge A, is an example of this early type of structure.

From Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by United States. Dept. of the Interior

This later period represents the intermediate era of development from the crude Late Basket Maker dwellings to the remarkable structures of the "Cliff House Culture."

From Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by United States. Dept. of the Interior