After calling Tuzigoot home for centuries, the people of the Verde Valley faced changing circumstances. Tuzigoot and other pueblos throughout the Verde Valley were occupied for hundreds of years, and their communities thrived and prospered. But in the late 1300s, people began to leave. According to the Hopi, the Verde Valley was never meant to be a permanent home but one stop in a much larger migration, and eventually the time came for that movement to continue. Changing weather patterns, crop failures, or a breakdown of ancient trade relationships may have signaled that it was time to move on. The people did not all leave at once, and some stayed behind. The Zuni say that those who could not travel remained there, while the Yavapai say their ancestors left the pueblos and farms for a more mobile life of hunting and gathering. After centuries in the Verde Valley, many of these communities migrated to new places, including settlements such as Chavez Pass and Homol'ovi and villages at the Hopi Mesas.