3. The pots which the women made this way were far superior to baskets for carrying, cooking and storing food and water.
Now the people could add beans, a rich source of protein, to their diet.
Water could be stored safely over long periods. Life became much easier, and so effort could now be spent on other developments.
4. Their culture developed to its height, and the main improvement was in housing.
The earlier pit houses were modified to one-story row houses, made with pieces of stone.
Several separate building stood near each other like a small village.
Some villages were as large as several hundred rooms and could contain as many as a thousand people.
The name for this kind of house and for these Indians is Pueblo, which is the Spanish word for Village.