We ask "big questions" about the past
Featured Investigations:
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What happened to southwestern peoples just before contact with the Spaniards?Why did human populations in the southern Southwest decline after 1350? Where did these people go? How did previously unrelated groups get along when they began to live together? |
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What became of the people of Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde?What was the reach of the powerful cultures centered at Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde? As each declined, how did this affect people in outlying areas? |



