The Anasazi Indians lived in the desert in southwest Colorado and in Mesa Verde, the largest archeologist preserve in the United States. The Anasazi also lived in Chaco Canyon and in two river valleys, the San Juan and the Colorado. Anasazi meant "the ancient ones." The legend that describes how the Anasazi first appeared goes like this. In the beginning, there was only the creator. Three worlds were created but destroyed by fire, ice, and …showed first 75 words of 522 total…

…showed last 75 words of 522 total…on the day of the summer solstice, the dagger would be right at the middle of the spiral. The Sun Dagger was important to the Anasazi because they used it as a sun dial and to tell time. The Sun Dagger is important to us because it was like a primitive watch or clock to us, and without the Sun Dagger, we might have not had a good and convenient way of telling time today.