Images of America - The Hopi People Hats Tarantulas are very sensitive to

Tarantulas are very sensitive to vibrations in the ground that may indicate the presence of prey or danger

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Written by Dee Brown

but few may have learned just how advanced were contemporary cultures in the American Southwest

the native peoples who in the eleventh century converged on Chaco Canyon in today's southwestern New Mexico and built a flourishing cultural center that attracted pilgrims from far and wide

Images of America - The Hopi People Hats Tarantulas are very sensitive toThe diverse people of the Hopi, whose name means "the peaceful ones," are today united on the Hopi Reservation, which is composed of 12 villages on more than 2,500 square miles in northeastern Arizona. In fact, the village of Orayvi is considered the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in the United States, dating back more than a millennium. Often referred to as a "corn culture," the Hopis have developed dry farming techniques that have