Wupatki Ruins And Sacred Sunset Crater Of Ancestral Puebloans In Arizona

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com  - History is full of terrible battle accounts, bloodthirsty warriors, ruthless kings, and queens always seeking more power and territory.

However, the ancient people who once lived at Wupatki were different. Representing many other cultures, they created a wonderful, prosperous community in a very harsh environment. Wupatki serves as an ancient symbol of how people from various nations can interact, work together, and create a peaceful society.

About 900 years ago, a very large volcano erupted in Northern Arizona. The eruption caused the Sinagua people to leave their homes in the region we today know as Flagstaff.

The Sinagua were a pre-Columbian culture and the ancestors of the Pueblo Indians of the Four Corners area, including the Hopi Indians, who refer to them as Hisatsinom, which means “those who lived long ago”. They lived in a large area in central Arizona from the Little Colorado River, near Flagstaff, to the Verde River, near Sedona, including the Verde Valley, the area around San Francisco Mountain, and significant portions of the Mogollon Rim country, between approximately 500 and 1425 CE.

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