And then there were none.(migration of people from Spruce Canyon, Colorado)

All together, nearly 30,000 people disappeared from this area between the mid-1200s and 1285, making it one of the greatest vanishing acts documented in human history. What had been one of the most populous parts of North America became almost instantly a ghost land. Archaeologists have long puzzled...

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Published in:	Nature (London) 2015-11, Vol.527 (7576), p.26
Main Author:	Monastersky, Richard
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Archaeology Native North Americans Social aspects Studies Towns United States history
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Summary:	All together, nearly 30,000 people disappeared from this area between the mid-1200s and 1285, making it one of the greatest vanishing acts documented in human history. What had been one of the most populous parts of North America became almost instantly a ghost land. Archaeologists have long puzzled over what drove these farmers, the ancestors of the Pueblo people, from their homes and fields.
ISSN:	0028-0836 1476-4687