The very first Southwest Native Americans hunted mammoths until they became extinct.  Then people began to hunt buffalo, also known as bison, as well as collect wild plants for food.  They also learned to grow maize, or corn, that was their most common grain, which became domesticated in Mexico.

 

 

created on April 15, 1998

edited on April 22, 1998
by Pam Eck, IUPUI