A regional variation of the Anasazi people, located in northeast Arizona, especially in the Pueblo II stage of c 1250-1300 AD. Kayenta has specific pottery types and architectural techniques. As seen at the Navajo National Monument, the principal dwellings of the Kayenta, the construction of the cliff dwellings was apparently the result of their evolution from hunters and gatherers to sedentary farmers. They probably moved to the mesas to the south because of climatic changes involving erosion and water shortages, which made farming impossible.