[1] Ancestral Puebloan people resided in permanent communities called pueblos and grew their own crops, in addition to hunting and gathering.

That and other factors resulted in the permanent move by 1300 AD of area pueblo people south to present-day New Mexico and Arizona.

The term is disliked by the modern Pueblo people who hold their ancient ancestors sacred and celebrated through spiritual rituals and journeys.

[5] Escalante Pueblo was constructed approximately 1120 to 1130 AD and made of groupings of stone walled family and communal rooms, including kivas.

"[3] The two interpreted prehistoric pueblos on the grounds of the Visitor Center and Museum are named in honor of the two Spanish Franciscan friars, Francisco Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, who recorded these ancient archaeological sites during the Domínguez–Escalante expedition in 1776.