New Evidence Leads to New Questions...

Archaeologists no longer ask:

Why was the region abandoned?
Where did the people go?

Now they ask:

Why did people move out of large villages and establish small hamlets?
In what ways did life change?

In this exhibit:

find out why archaeologists think the answers lie in a combination of social and environmental issues

see how researchers study artifacts as evidence of cultural continuity and change

consider the Mimbres past as a case study suggesting ways that contemporary environmental issues intersect social trends