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Abandonment Marker
Photographer: William J. Toman
Taken: September 4, 2010
Caption: Abandonment Marker
Additional Description: Some time after AD 1300, the people at Aztalan left. We don't know why or how they left - whether it was on their own, of if they were pushed out by others. If others forced them out, there is no evidence of a battle. We know that one set of stockade wall was rebuilt, and that the last set burned down, but we don't know if the fire was deliberate or accidental. Even if deliberate, it may have been set by the inhabitants as they left.

Villages are abandoned for many reasons, and making the puzzle even more complex is the fact that, in the case of Aztalan, the period following the site's primary occupation - roughly AD 1300-1600 - is poorly documented and little known. We know that it is unlikely that people moved to another location nearby because virtually no sites of the same period have [been] found in the area around Aztalan. People probably moved south for [missing text].
Submitted: October 30, 2010, by William J. Toman of Green Lake, Wisconsin.
Database Locator Identification Number: p134086
File Size: 3.668 Megabytes

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