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The national monument lies on the western bank of the Animas River in Aztec, New Mexico, about 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Farmington. Additional Puebloan structures can be found in Salmon Ruins and Heritage Park, 9.5 miles (15.3 km) south. Archaeological evidence puts the construction of the ruins in the 12th and 13th centuries.
October 11, 1996. The Aztec Ruins Visitor Center, also known as the Aztec Ruins Administration Building/Museum, by the main entrance to the Aztec Ruins National Monument, on the outskirts of Aztec, New Mexico, was built in 1919. It is located approximately 0.75 miles north of U.S. Route 550, by the Animas River.
Aztec is a city in, and the county seat of, San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. [ 5 ] [ 8 ] The city population was 6,126 as of the 2022 population estimate. [ 9 ] The Aztec Ruins National Monument is located in Aztec.
When Aztec Ruins was established as a national monument in 1923, it consisted of only 4.6 acres, Hatfield noted. Various acquisitions of additional land in the 1920s, 1930s and 1980s eventually ...
Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan, [a] also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, [b] was a large Mexican altepetl in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear, but the date 13 March 1325 was chosen in 1925 to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the city. [3] The city was built on an island in what ...
White Sands was a national monument since 1933 before being designated a national park in 2019. ... Aztec Ruins National Monument – 47,554 visitors. Region: Northwest New Mexico. Closest city ...
Hubbard Site is an Ancestral Puebloan archeological site located in Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico. The tri-wall structure, which resembles a similar building found at Pueblo del Arroyo, was excavated in 1953. [1]
National Park Service officials say the new hours of operation at Aztec Ruins are based on visitor use data and visitation patterns.