ANASAZI
by Edward J. Fraughton
Price: $33,000 (secondary market only)
Status: Sold Out
Size: 48 inches high
Media: Cast Bronze
The word Anasazi means "ancient
ones," or "old people," to the modern Pueblo, Navajo and Zuni apartment dwellers of
the American Southwest. An aggrarian society, the Anasazi are the ancient ancestors of these
modern people. But unfortunately, not much is known about the Anasazi, even to this day,
These great great grandparents "...of the land, and of
the people," built elaborate cities throughout the precarious sandstone cliffs they inhabited.
They chisled and painted the petrolyphs and pictographs and made elaborate tools and pottery
that still servives today. As a practical matter, the sophisticated dwellings constructed
inside the eroded cliffs and canyon walls provided protection, not only from the weather, but
against unknown enemies and other unseen dangers that lurked about at the time. During the warm
spring and summer days, the Anasazi tilled land both on top of the cliffs and in the drainage bottom
lands. Their crops consisted of corn, grains, nuts, root plants, squash and pumpkins. They were
also extremely successful at growing fruit trees, a great accomplishment considering the dry
climate.
My inspiration for this sculpture was born in my childhood
where, at the age of 13, I traveled to Mesa Verde, Colorado, with a troop of boy scouts. Reminents of the
ancient ladders, and many unexplored portions of the ancient ruins, still existed in that day. My
curiosity was piqued as to where the Anasazi went, and why, which still remains a great mystery to this day.
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