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The book that I chose to read is called A Brief History of New Mexico. It contains about four chapters dealing with the original inhabitants of New Mexico, New Mexico under Spain, The Mexican Period, and New Mexico since 1846. During the earliest period(12,000 B.C., to A.D. 1540) man in the southwest hunted big game, such a mammoth, and all lived in open areas or cave shelters. Sandia Cave was the earliest known archeological site in the Southwest and has received national attention in the scientific field. When the largest animals started to disappear around 8,000 B.C., the hunters turned to smaller game and mostly gathered wild food. Eventually, the southwestern people began to farm and with farming came many other ideas such as pottery making from neighbors in Mexico and Arizona. The Mogollon were the first group of people to make pottery in New Mexico. There were many pueblos in New Mexico: Zuni, Tiwa, Taos, Acoma, Isleta, and Jimenez. Each pueblo developed their ow