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After the Pit Houses the Pueblo moved into Cliff Houses. Hundreds of rooms were build on the side of cliffs. An entire community lived together around 1000 AD. Since then due to erosion some of the rooms have collapsed. However, in the picture below it is possible to see how extensive this development was.
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Yet another community was found just a short distance away. It is not clear why they left but a 30 year drought is suspected. Many belongings, including cook ware, clothing, utensils, hunting gear was all found mostly intact. Skeletal remains were also found enabling archeologists to learn a lot about these people. BTW they were short, 4' being tall and few lived beyond age 35. They farmed corn, beans and squash and hunted deer, big horn sheet and occasionally bison. Wild turkeys were considered house pets and their eggs were eaten.
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