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Bandelier National Monument is a 33,677-acre (136 km 2) United States National Monument near Los Alamos in Sandoval and Los Alamos counties, New Mexico. The monument preserves the homes and territory of the Ancestral Puebloans of a later era in the Southwest .
Tsankawi is a detached portion of Bandelier National Monument near White Rock, New Mexico. It is accessible from a roadside parking area, just north of the intersection of East Jemez Road and State Road 4. A self-guided 1.5-mile loop trail provides access to numerous unexcavated ruins, caves carved into soft tuff, and petroglyphs. [1]
Bandelier National Monument (4 P) Pages in category "Ruins on the National Register of Historic Places" The following 115 pages are in this category, out of 115 total.
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The ruins are within the northern end of the Puye Formation, a geologic formation of pyroclastic and block and ash flows exposed east of the Jemez Mountains. The dwellings were carved out of soft volcanic tuff (the Bandelier Tuff) on about a 200 feet (61 m) cliff ridge. The rock is relatively soft and can be excavated using wooden tools.
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 ...
Bandelier National Monument (4 P) C. Chaco Canyon (1 C, 44 P) M. Mesa Verde National Park (12 P) T. Taos Pueblo (3 C, 11 P) ... Dark Canyon Ruins; Ancestral Puebloan ...
At Bandelier, the dwellings were carved directly into the soft ashy rock formations that make up the cliff faces of the finger mesas (the Bandelier Tuff). To build the dwellings, materials had to be brought to the alcove, such as fill dirt to level the cave floor, stones and mortar. Masonry craftsmanship became refined by this period. Stones ...