The riddle of the Anasazi
By: by Barbara A. Donovan
Series: Houghton Mifflin leveled readers; Houghton Mifflin leveled readers
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
ISBN-13: 9780618296927
Subjects: Ancestral Pueblo culture; Juvenile literature; History
Description: Explores theories behind the disappearance of the Anasazi people from the Four Corners region of present-day Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah.
Notes: Number of words: 1637.

Grade 6.

DRA 60
Table of contents: title: Remains of a mystery; title: Who were the Anasazi?; title: The Anasazi: prehistory to 1600; title: Why did the Anasazi leave?; title: Theory 1: drought; title: Theory 2: war; title: Theory 3: overpopulation; title: Theory 4: disease; title: Theory 5: mass migration; title: Theory 6: religion; title: Likely conclusions.