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Montezuma Castle is situated about 90 feet (27 m) up a sheer limestone cliff, facing the adjacent Beaver Creek, which drains into the perennial Verde River just north of Camp Verde. It is one of the best-preserved cliff dwellings in North America, in part because of its ideal placement in a natural alcove that protects it from exposure to the ...
Montezuma Well – The Montezuma Well is a detached unit of the Montezuma Castle National Monument located near Rimrock and Camp Verde. The Montezuma Well is a natural limestone sinkhole. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, reference #66000082. Cliff dwellings – The cliff dwellings of the Sinagua people in the Montezuma ...
Sinagua cliff dwelling (Montezuma Castle), Arizona Cavates and pathways in soft tuff at Tsankawi, New Mexico. In archaeology, cliff dwellings are dwellings formed by using niches or caves in high cliffs, and sometimes with excavation or additions in the way of masonry.
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 ...
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'.
Montezuma's Castle near Camp Verde, Arizona, ca.1893-1900 Photograph of a near view of Montezuma's Castle near Camp Verde, Arizona, ca.1893-1900. The cliff dwelling can be seen built up under a huge stone outcropping that can only be reached by a series of ladders, which are visible at center. Several alcoves can be seen along the mountain wall.
A 0.9 mi (1.4 km) long loop trail descends 185 ft (56 m) into the canyon passing 25 cliff dwelling rooms constructed by the Sinagua, a pre-Columbian cultural group that lived in Walnut Canyon from about 1100 to 1250 AD. Other contemporary habitations of the Sinagua people are preserved in the nearby Tuzigoot and Montezuma Castle national monuments.
The last known evidence of Sinagua occupation for any site comes from Montezuma Castle, a limestone cliff dwelling by Beaver Creek in Verde Valley. This 65-room structure was believed to be built by Sinagua women between 1100 and 1350 CE.