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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 ...
Pueblo peoples Nearest town (modern name) Location Type Description Photo Hovenweep Castle: Anasazi: Bluff: Ruins located in Hovenweep National Monument. Square Tower Anasazi Bluff Ruins located in Hovenweep National Monument. Cutthroat Castle: Anasazi Bluff Ruins located in Hovenweep National Monument. Horseshoe: Anasazi Bluff
Archaeological sites of the Ancient Pueblo peoples — in present day Arizona The main article for this category is List of ancient dwellings of Pueblo peoples in Arizona . Pages in category "Ancient Puebloan archaeological sites in Arizona"
Ruins of a multistoried pueblo of 200–250 rooms, AD 1275–1325 (late Pueblo III Era and/or early Pueblo IV Era). Betatakin: Ancestral Pueblo Kayenta: Navajo Reservation: Grand house Ruins located at the Navajo National Monument. Box Canyon Ruins: Flagstaff Ruins located in the Wupatki National Monument. Canyon Creek Ruins: Salado
Most modern Pueblo peoples (whether Keresans, Hopi, or Tanoans) assert the Ancestral Puebloans did not "vanish", as is commonly portrayed. They say that the people migrated to areas in the southwest with more favorable rainfall and dependable streams. They merged into the various Pueblo peoples whose descendants still live in Arizona and New ...
The events that led to the Pueblo Revolt go back at least a decade before the formal uprising began. In the 1670s, severe drought swept the region, which caused both a famine among the Pueblo and increased the frequency of raids by the Apache. Neither Spanish nor Pueblo soldiers were able to prevent the attacks by the Apache raiding parties.
An active pueblo that is home of one of the 21 federally recognized Pueblos, known as the Walatowa. Kechipbowa: Zuni Zuni: Ruins located on the Zuni Indian Reservation in the Zuni-Cibola Complex and that is listed as a National Historic Landmark. Kewa: Keres An active pueblo that is home of one of the 21 federally recognized Pueblos. Called the ...
Crow Canyon is a center for archaeological research, education, and preservation of the history of the Ancient Pueblo peoples, who lived on and in the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde more than seven centuries ago. Established by private cultural initiatives that continue the work of American benefactors, the center provides hands-on programs for ...