<P> The Puebloans or Pueblo peoples are Native Americans in the Southwestern United States who share common agricultural, material and religious practices . When Spaniards entered the area beginning in the 16th century, they came across complex, multi-story villages built of adobe, stone and other local materials, which they called pueblos, or towns, a term that later came to refer also to the peoples who live in these villages . </P> <P> There are currently 19 Pueblos that are still inhabited, among which Taos, San Ildefonso, Acoma, Zuni, and Hopi are the best - known . Pueblo communities are located in the present - day states of New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas, mostly along the Rio Grande and Colorado rivers and their tributaries . The term Anasazi is sometimes used to refer to Pueblo people but it is now largely dispreferred . Anasazi is a Navajo word that means Ancient Ones or Ancient Enemy, hence Pueblo peoples' rejection of it (see exonym). </P>

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