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  2. Ancestral Puebloan dwellings - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Puye Cliff Dwellings - Wikipedia

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    The Puye Cliff Dwellings are the ruins of an abandoned pueblo, located in Santa Clara Canyon on Santa Clara Pueblo Reservation land near Española, New Mexico.Established in the late 1200s or early 1300s and abandoned by about 1600, this is among the largest of the prehistoric Indian settlements on the Pajarito Plateau, showing a variety of architectural forms and building techniques.

  4. List of Ancestral Puebloan dwellings in Arizona - Wikipedia

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    Cliff dwellings Ruins. Sliding House: Navajo land Ruins located in Canyon de Chelly National Monument. Snaketown: Phoenix: Ruins. Located in the Hohokam Pima National Monument, it is listed as a National Historic Landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Tumamoc Hill: Hohokam Trincheras Ruins. Tusayan: Ruins located in the ...

  5. Cliff Palace - Wikipedia

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    Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in North America. The structure built by the Ancestral Puebloans is located in Mesa Verde National Park in their former homeland region. The cliff dwelling and park are in Montezuma County , in the southwestern corner of Colorado , in the Southwestern United States .

  6. Ancestral Puebloans - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. List of Ancestral Puebloan dwellings in Utah - Wikipedia

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    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: Cliff dwelling Ruins. Butler Canyon ruins: Cliff dwelling Ruins. Coombs site: Boulder: Great house Ruins. Located at the Anasazi State Park Museum ...

  8. List of Ancestral Puebloan dwellings in Colorado - Wikipedia

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    Cliff dwellings Ruins. Located on the Wetherill Mesa, Long House is the 2nd largest village for about 150 people. The 150 rooms are not clustered like the standard cliff dwellings, nor is it one of the most elegant set of buildings; Stones were used without shaping for fit and stability. Two overhead ledges contain more rooms.

  9. List of Ancestral Puebloan dwellings in New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Great house; cliff dwellings Active with ruins on-site. Home of one of the 21 federally recognized Pueblos. Canador Peak: Hohokam Trincheras: Ruins Cox Ranch: Quemado: Great house Ruins Cristone: Abiquiu: Ruins Crumbled House: Ancestral Puebloan Newcomb: Great house Ruins. Great house with over 100 rooms, plus a compound with about 150 rooms.