# Are there any truly "forgotten" civilizations?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 16, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-forgotten-civilizations/725342 "2015-07-16T17:45:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-forgotten-civilizations/725342/41 "2015-07-23T18:33:45Z")

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> [@dtilque](#):
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> I’m surprised no one’s mentioned [Hyboria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyborian_Age) yet.

You should know, this was precisely the seed thought of the OP.

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-forgotten-civilizations/725342/42 "2015-07-23T22:15:12Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> … long called “Anasazi”, but some find the term pejorative.

Wait, what? Perjorative to a people no longer around?

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**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-forgotten-civilizations/725342/43 "2015-07-23T22:29:11Z")

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> [@White SIFL](#):
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> Wait, what? Perjorative to a people no longer around?

Their descendants are.

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**Author:** ![lynne-42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lynne-42/32/3138_2.png) [@lynne-42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynne-42)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-truly-forgotten-civilizations/725342/44 "2015-07-24T00:30:45Z")

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‘Anasazi’ is the Navajo word for the builders of the sites. It has now been shown that they are ancestral to the Pueblo who find the term ‘Anasazi’ offensive. The generally accepted term for those who built the Great Houses of Chaco Canyon and surrounds, and Mesa Verde is ‘Ancestral Pueblo’.

> **[Ancestral Puebloans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestral_Puebloans)**
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> The Ancestral Puebloans, also known as the Anasazi, were an ancient Native American culture that spanned the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, comprising southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado. They are believed to have developed, at least in part, from the Oshara tradition, which developed from the Picosa culture. The people and their archaeological culture are often referred to as Anasazi, meaning "ancient enemies", as

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