# People chose to move as part of a long Puebloan pattern of migration, carrying their institutions to new…

> Most likely: People chose to move as part of a long Puebloan pattern of migration, carrying their institutions to new centres; Chaco was left, not lost.

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# People chose to move as part of a long Puebloan pattern of migration, carrying their institutions to new…

People chose to move as part of a long Puebloan pattern of migration, carrying their institutions to new centres; Chaco was left, not lost.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Descendant communities show genetic and cultural continuity with Chaco.
- Chacoan architecture and practice reappear in later centres.

## What would rule it out

- Evidence of population collapse with no continuity to later Pueblos.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Picuris genomes, ancient and living, show continuity with the Pueblo Bonito burials and no population decline…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KV9040T5Y/picuris-genomes-ancient-and-living-show-continuity-with-the)

Supported

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[The Pueblo peoples of New Mexico and the Hopi maintain connections with Chaco as an ancestral place.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KV97Y6GF7/the-pueblo-peoples-of-new-mexico-and-the-hopi-maintain)

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## The questions it answers

[Why did building at Chaco stop and its people leave?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/questions/QST0D9KTTK62C6X/why-did-building-at-chaco-stop-and-its-people-leave)

Most likelyA severe drought from about 1130 made the canyon and its supply areas unable to support the system

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Mysteries Department. (2026). People chose to move as part of a long Puebloan pattern of migration, carrying their institutions to new… [Answer ANS0D9KV8RA0Q26]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D9KV8RA0Q26
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