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The greatest vanishing act in prehistoric America

Nature volume 527, pages 26–29 (2015) Cite this article

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Seven centuries ago, tens of thousands of people fled their homes in the American Southwest. Archaeologists are trying to work out why.

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Monastersky, R. The greatest vanishing act in prehistoric America. Nature 527, 26–29 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/527026a

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