The Native American people we call the Sinagua lived in central Arizona from about 500 AD to about 1425 AD. Skillful builders, they left behind cliff dwellings, pueblo-style great houses, and lesser pit-style houses. As craftsmen, farmers, and traders, they interacted with their Puebloan neighbors to the north and the Hohokam to the south, sometimes adopting their building techniques and cultural traits. The beautifully forested walls of Walnut Canyon shelter the remains of over 80 small cliff dwellings. They were built by the Sinaguan community that made the canyon their home from about 1100 AD to 1250 AD.