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From the twelfth centuries to the thirteenth centuries the Anasazi began to collapse. Many of the Anasazi from Chaco canyon were abandoned. What caused them to leave is a long drought and they had very little rain. community began to populate. So without enough food because of the little rain and long droughts they couldn't  keep up with the increase of population even when there was good rain.

So the Anasazi people  stared leaving in big groups to east and south. They abandoned Chaco Canyon so the drought died it out.

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Southwestern Late Archaic (1500 BC- AD 200): marks the end of the Archaic period (started at around 5500 BC). The Late Archaic in the Southwest is when the first appearance of domesticated plants in the American Southwest (Atl Atl Cave, Chaco Canyon)

Basketmaker II (AD 200-500): People relied more on cultivated plants, such as maize, beans, and squash and began to construct pithouse villages. The end of this period saw the first appearance of pottery.

Basketmaker III (AD 500-750): more sophisticated pottery, first great kivas are constructed, introduction of bow and arrow in hunting (Shabik'eshchee village, Chaco Canyon)

Pueblo I (AD 750-900): residential structures are built above ground, and masonry is added to the adobe constructions. In Chaco Canyon villages are now moving from the cliff tops to the bottom of the canyon.

Early Pueblo II - Bonito phase at Chaco Canyon (AD 900-1000): increase in the number of villages. First multi-storied rooms constructed at Pueblo Bonito, Peñasco Blanco and Una Vida in Chaco Canyon. See the Rise and Fall of Chaco Canyon: Bonito Phase for more details on this important period.

Pueblo II - Classic Bonito phase in Chaco Canyon (AD 1000-1150): period of major development in Chaco Canyon. Great house sites, such as Pueblo Bonito, Peñasco Blanco, Pueblo del Arroyo, Pueblo Alto, Chetro Ketl reach now their final form. Irrigation and road systems are constructed.

Pueblo III (AD 1150-1300):

Late Bonito phase in Chaco Canyon (AD 1150-1220): population decline, no more elaborated constructions in the main centers.

Mesa Verde phase in Chaco Canyon (AD 1220-1300): Mesa Verde materials are found in Chaco Canyon. This has been interpreted as a period of increased contact between Chacoan and Mesa Verde pueblo groups. By 1300, Chaco Canyon definitely declined and was no longer occupied.

Pueblo IV and Pueblo V (AD 1300-1600 and 1600-present): Chaco Canyon is abandoned, but other ancestral Anasazi sites continue ​to be occupied for few centuries. By 1500 Navajo groups entered the region and established themselves until the Spanish takeover.

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This is the Anasazi Pueblo Bonito Chaco Canyon NM. The anasazi pueblo bonito is the most important site in the canyon and a must for all visitors.

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Pueblo Bonito, one of the largest of the Chaco Canyon Anasazis, is a good example of how the Anasazi lived.     Pueblo Bonito rose four to five stories high — an astounding achievement for the time. Rooms surrounded a central plaza, and throughout the settlement were a number of kivas, meeting places that served a ceremonial purpose. The total population of Pueblo Bonito was probably around 1,200 people at its height. Surrounding the pueblo were a number of smaller dwellings and structures. Numerous communities looked to Chaco Canyon for political and religious guidance.

After the sixth century A.D., the Anasazi of Chaco Canyon and other settlements abandoned hunting and gathering in favor of cultivating crops such as maize (corn). To grow maize, they needed rain, but the area was dry. What rain did fall was hoarded and used sparingly and effectively. Evidence of dams, canals, and other water control features found by archaeologists shows the importance of water to the Anasazi.

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The Anasazi Pueblo Bonito is a apartment style building. Pueblo bonito rose four stories along its north arc of rooms while rooms facing the plaza were primarily single-story. It was a great great house which people most likely lived in.

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The Anasazi made clothes by weaving yucca fibers, turkey feathers, and rabbit fur together to make robes and skirts. Later grew cotton and used it to make clothes.

For all of their reliance on domestic crops, the Ancient Ones did not abandon the foods of their nomadic forebears. Even in A.D. 1300, corn, squash and beans, alone, would not sustain them. They still hunted animals like deer, rabbits and prairie dogs. And they gathered wild plants for sustenance.

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The Anasazi are now located in the region known as the Four Corners, where the states of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico meet. This region was historically occupied by Ancestral Anasazi people and is now part of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park. There reservation were Navajo, and Diné Bikéyah in the four corners. The reservation is when white men put Native Americans in a certain location. Navajo covered over 27,000 square miles.