| Show Drouth Is Seen as Cause of Ancient Indian Exodus From Northern Arizona A drouth producing the same re re- results results as the modern dust bowl re 1 of the Middle West may have driven I a cultured race of Indians from the region of northern Arizona more I than years ago according to Dr Ralph L. L Beals Beats instructor of an an- anthropology anthropology at the University of Cali California fornia at a t Los Angeles says the Los Angeles Times Tunes The cliff cUff dweller ancestors of the I Hopi and Zuni Indian tribes began building their huge communal homes around the year 1250 A southern exposure was apparently as desirable for the home at that time as it is at present since only huge cliff caves opening to the south were used for building The cliff clifT was used only during the win win- winter winter ter time the tribe moving to the valleys for summer Suddenly around the year 1300 the dwellings were abandoned probably all at the same same time according ac ac- ac according cording to Doctor Beals The time of evacuation the thc was established by rings on timber used in repair repair- repairing repairing repairing ing the buildings A drouth of about 25 years y ars laid waste the land Like the present situation in the Midwest water was scarce and men and animals could not live on the scanty vegetation Corncobs in the bottom of trash piles at the beginning of the drouth were very large while at the end of the period the ears had become very small according to Doctor Beals The people migrated from the district hi uch much the same man man- manner manner ner as refugees are leaving the I dusty Middle West I |
