Basketmaker II: ca. A.D. 1 - 450. The Basketmaker II people initially relied heavily on a hunting and gathering economy. During this period, however, several important developments occurred which were to have a major impact on Anasazi culture over the next 1,000 years. The construction and use of pithouses became increasingly more common and agriculture began to play a major role in the people's subsistence economy. Technological advances in tool manufacturing resulted in the use of the bow and arrow and the trough metate, and these in turn resulted in increased efficiency in hunting and food processing.
Several sites at Indian Camp Ranch are suspected to date to this period.
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