Articles for tag: Ancient Mysteries, Archaeological Discoveries, Fremont people, lost cultures

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The Disappearance of the Fremont People: Climate, Conflict, or Something Else?

Suhail Ahmed

Across the high deserts and canyon country of what is now Utah, the Fremont people flourished for centuries, then seemed to fade from view around the thirteenth century. Archaeologists have long puzzled over the mystery: granaries still tucked into cliffs, rock art etched with unmistakable trapezoidal figures, and villages that look paused rather than ended. ...