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 Before modern Europeans established Saint
Augustine or Plymouth, native civilizations had already founded vibrant, permanent communities that survive to this day. Pueblo Indians are probably descendants of the Anasazi, who had
built a vast network of settlements throughout the Four Corners region before mysteriously disappearing. About the time Chaco Canyon was being abandoned, the magnificent pueblos at Taos and Acoma were rising. By the time Spanish explorers arrived, these settlements
were already several centuries old. Today, Taos and Acoma are the oldest continually inhabited communities in the United States.
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