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Palatki Heritage Site — Sinagua cliff dwellings at base of sandstone cliff. The Palatki Heritage Site is an archaeological site and park located in the Coconino National Forest, near Sedona, in Arizona, United States at approximately 34°54′56″N 111°54′08″W. In the Hopi language Palatki means 'red house'.
Ancient peoples. The Honanki and Palatki archaeological sites were first studied by Jesse Walter Fewkes of the Smithsonian Institution. He conducted test excavations at both sites in 1895 and in 1911, during his study of Hopi migration traditions. Fewkes named the site "Honanki," which means "Bear House" in the Hopi language.
Ruins located in the Sierra Ancha Wilderness. Devil's Chasm: Salado Ruins located in the Sierra Ancha Wilderness. Elden: Sinagua: Flagstaff: Ruins Homolovi: Ancestral Puebloan Winslow: Ruins located at Homolovi State Park Honanki: Sedona Ruins Indian Mesa: Hohokam Peoria: Lake Pleasant Regional Park: Village Ruins Inscription House: Ancestral ...
Fewkes was one of the first persons to advocate for government preservation of ancient sites in the American Southwest. By the mid-1890s, vandalism of these sites was widespread. In the American Anthropologist (August 1896), Fewkes described a large cliff dwelling called Palatki , or "Red House", situated in the Red Rock country southwest of ...
Ruins from another structure were also found underneath the mound, leading to questions about its authenticity. [ citation needed ] Archaeological studies have uncovered information regarding architectural design and the social hierarchy of the Sinagua people [ 3 ] Social hierarchy can be deduced from the variations in burial techniques as well ...
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The book History of the Ancient World provides information on the history of the ancient states in Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China. It also includes the history of ancient Greece and Rome up to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. Its several chapters deal with religious views, art, and culture of the peoples of the ...
Saving Our Vanishing Heritage: Safeguarding Endangered Cultural Heritage Sites in the Developing World was a report released by Global Heritage Fund on October 17, 2010. [1] It illuminated five accelerating man-made threats facing global heritage sites in developing countries: development pressures, unsustainable tourism, insufficient ...