... ones." It is clear that the Anasazi disappeared around 1300 A.D. However, there is little data to explain how nearly 20,000 people could simply depart from their home without leaving any traces. Some of the explanations for their disappearance involve drought, war, or migration. But no one knows for sure. Archaelogists have also uncovered a vast array of pottery, jewelry, and other artifacts to indicate that the Anasazi were sophisticated builders, talented artisans, and astute traders. They seemed in harmony with their surroundings. The physical description of the Anasazi was also a surprise. Historian Donald G. Pike described the Anasazi as "short, stocky people, heavy-boned and long-headed (at least in the beginning), with hair that often defied the Mongoloid and Amerindian stereotype of straight and black by being lighter in color and exhibiting a tendency toward waviness." Later generations of Anasazi were round-headed. Even their physical description seemed to deviate from ...

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