Eighth-graders from Hannibal, Missouri attempt to help archaeologists at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Colorado discover why the Puebloans who had lived there for over a thousand years suddenly left around A.D. 1300.
Follows a group of eighth-graders from Hannibal, Missouri as they attempt to help archaeologists at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Colorado solve the mystery of why the Puebloan people who had lived in the area for over a thousand years suddenly left around A.D. 1300.
Contains an introduction to the Mesa Verde, in simple textwith illustrations, describing the prehistoric civilization of the American Southwest. Includes glossary and timeline.
Discusses the civilization of the Anasazi people, who farmed the land of Mesa Verdi, a plateau in southwest Colorado, around 550 A.D. and dug their homes in the cliffs.