The Colorado Plateau is a physiographic "province,"
a region distinct from other parts of
the West. Originally named the "Colorado
Plateaus" by explorer John Wesley Powell, the
"Plateau" is in fact a huge basin ringed
by highlands and filled with plateaus. Sprawling
across southeastern Utah, northern Arizona,
northwestern New Mexico, and western Colorado,
the Colorado Plateau province covers a land
area of 130,000 square miles. Of America's 50
states, only Alaska, Texas, California, and
Montana are larger. http://www.suwa.org/WATE/cpintro.html
The Anasazi occupied the Four Corner Area during
the 1200 B.C., until sometime around the
1300s. There were 4main branches of the Anasazi
civilization, Virgin located in the West,
Mesaverde, in the north, Katenta in the central
area and Chaco in the Southeast.
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