Show drouth Is seen as cause of ancient indian exodus from Nordi northern ern ari arizona i zona A drouth producing the same results a the modern dust bowl of the middle west may have driven a cultured race of indians indian from the I 1 region of northern arizona more th than an beirs year ago according to dr ralph L U beals instructor of anthropology at the university of call fornia at los loi angeles says lays the los angeles Afi geles times the cliff dweller ancestors ancestor of the hopi and zuni indian tribes began building their huge communal homes around the year 1250 A southern exposure was apparently i as desirable for the home at that time tima as it is at present since only huge ells cliff eaves caves opening to the south were used for building the cliff home was used only during the win ter time the tribe moving to the valleys for summer suddenly around the year 1300 the dwellings were abando abandoned probably ably allai all at the iame same time according to doctor bias the time of the evacuation was established by rings on timber used ti in repairing the buildings A drouth of about 25 2 years laid waste the land like thin the present situation in bi the ri le f z scarce and men and animals could hot live on the scanty vegetation a corncobs Corn cobs in the ai bottom 0 of trash piles at the beginning of the drouth vitro were very large while at the end of the period ridd the ears had become very small according to doctor beats beals the people migrated from the district la in much the same mark man ner as refugees are leaving the dusty middle west weak |