New Lives: Building Community at Fourmile Ruin |
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Quick Facts:Fourmile Ruin is an anciently abandoned pueblo in easternArizona. A pueblo is a community built by the native inhabitants of the Southwest. Fourmile Ruin: - was built around AD 1275 and occupied until AD 1400 - is approximately 400 ft across - was home to approximately 800 people - has between 400 and 600 individual rooms |
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Drought plagued the Southwest from AD 1276-1299. Many people abandoned their homes in search of new homes with permanent water sources and regular rainfall. Fourmile Ruin was located right next to a stream making it attractive to migrants who had spent many years wondering if there would be enough water for them to survive. The people already living at Fourmile Ruin welcomed them in and together they built up the community. This new exhibition explores the ways that communities are built and strengthened after a crisis. |
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