Putnam resident Anthony Consentino studied history at St. John’s University and earned a master’s degree at Providence College. Anthony Consentino works as a firefighter in Putnam and teaches history at Woonsocket High School. On his website, Mr. Consentino has a video about ancient American civilizations, including the Zuni and Hopi.
The Zuni and Hopi have lived in southwest North America longer than most other civilizations today. However, these tribes have a lot of differences, including religion and language. While Hopi is linked to Shoshone, Comanche, and the Aztec language, Nahuatl, the Zuni language is not related to any other Southwestern language. Linguists classify this as linguistic isolation. However, there is a theory that the Zuni language diverged from the Penutian language of California. Locations also differentiate the two, as they lived in distinct parts of the Southwest. The Hopi people claim to be the oldest human settlers in North America, and most other tribes agree with this. The Hopi are thought to have resided in northern Arizona for a hundred centuries. The Zuni, on the other hand, were based in the Zuni River Basin of Arizona and New Mexico.
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