Benches lined the walls sometimes. The entrance was a hole in the roof that has a ladder through it. The Anasazi also made pottery. Turquoise jewelry became popular. In 700 A.D. the Anasazi entered what archaeologists call their developmental Pueblo phase.
Pueblo is a spanish word for city.
The houses show us that Anasazis were beginning to live in larger groups. In 11 A.D. the Anasazi entered the Great Pueblo phase. It is the period that is best known for it s architecture. The Anasazis used ladders to get into their homes. If they were being attacked they could simply pull up the ladders so that their enemies couldn t get in.