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Ruins, located in the Sierra Ancha Wilderness. Cooper Forks Canyon Ruins: Salado 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 ...
The Ancestral Puebloans, also known as the Anasazi and by the earlier term the Basketmaker-Pueblo culture, were an ancient Native American culture that spanned the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, comprising southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado.
Located in northeastern Arizona, it is within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation and lies in the Four Corners region. Reflecting one of the longest continuously inhabited landscapes of North America, it preserves ruins of the indigenous tribes that lived in the area, from the Ancestral Puebloans (also known as the Anasazi) to the Navajo.
Navajo National Monument is a national monument located within the northwest portion of the Navajo Nation territory in northern Arizona, which was established to preserve three well-preserved cliff dwellings of the Ancestral Puebloan people: Keet Seel (Broken Pottery) (Kitsʼiil), Betatakin (Ledge House) (Bitátʼahkin), and Inscription House (Tsʼah Biiʼ Kin).
Cliff dwellings – Constructed in the sides of the mesas and mountains of the Southwest, cliff dwellings comprised a large number of the defensive structures of the Pueblo people. Jacal is a traditional adobe house built by the ancestral Pueblo peoples. Slim close-set poles were tied together and filled out with mud, clay and grasses, or adobe ...
Ruins located in the Edge of the Cedars State Park. Three Kiva: Monticello: Ruins. Dark Canyon Ruins: Anasazi: Blanding: Dark Canyon Wilderness: Cliff dwelling Ruins located in Dark Canyon Wilderness: White Canyon (Horsecollar Ruin) Anasazi Ruins located in Natural Bridges National Monument. House on Fire: Cliff dwelling Ruins. Fallen Roof ...
Puye Cliff Dwellings – New Mexico Map of Ancient Pueblo People in the American Southwest and Mexico . During the Pueblo IV period, Four Corners pueblo settlements were abandoned (northern and central portion of the Anasazi region.)
The angle of the sun in winter warmed the masonry of the cliff dwellings, warm breezes blew from the valley, and the air was 10 to 20 °F (5-10 °C) warmer in the canyon alcoves than on the top of the mesa. In the summer, with the sun high overhead, much of the village was protected from direct sunlight in the high cliff dwellings. [104]