New Mexico–Puye Cliff Dwellings 3

Photograph of Puye Cliff Dwellings near Española, New MexicoThe indians lived by hunting game and cultivating crops. All water had to be carried up to the dwellings. Drought forced the villagers to leave the cliff dwellings in 1580 and settle in the Rio Grande valley. The inhabitants of the Santa Clara Pueblo are descendants of the Puye.

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