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Powers, Margaret A., and Johnson, Byron P. Defensive Sites of Dinetah. New Mexico Bureau of Land Management Cultural Resources Series No. 2, 1987. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Roessel, Robert A. Jr. Dinétah - Navajo History Vol. II. Navajo Curriculum Center and Title IV-B Materials Project, Rough Rock Demonstration School, Rough Rock, Arizona, 1983.
The majority of pueblito sites are located on lands administered by the United States Bureau of Land Management in Rio Arriba and San Juan counties, New Mexico. Pueblitos, as well as a large number of other early Navajo sites are clustered in the Largo and Gobernador canyons, which drain in a north and westerly direction to the San Juan River.
The Crow Canyon Archaeological District is located in the heart of the Dinétah region of the American Southwest in Rio Arriba and San Juan counties in New Mexico approximately 30 miles southeast of the city of Farmington. [2]
Old Fort is located on the edge of a mesa overlooking a deep canyon in the cultural area known as the Dinétah, the traditional homeland of the Navajo people.. The site contains the remains of eight forked-stick hogans and 12 ground floor rooms, all of which are enclosed by a stone wall.
Diné Bahaneʼ (Navajo pronunciation: [tɪ̀né pɑ̀xɑ̀nèʔ], Navajo: "Story of the People"), is a Navajo creation story that describes the prehistoric emergence of the Navajo as a part of the Navajo religious beliefs.
Located at the center of the Navajo's ancestral homeland, the Dinetah, Huérfano Mountain is composed of Eocene sandstone, and is considered one of two sacred "inner mountains". [2]
The Adolfo Canyon Site (LA 5665) is an archaeological site containing a Navajo pueblito located in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States.The site is situated on a rock outcrop overlooking Adolfo Canyon.
The Four Sacred Mountains of the Navajo are the four mountains along the boundaries of the Navajo Nation.According to Navajo belief, each mountain is assigned a color and direction and is seen as a deity that provides essential resources for Navajo livelihood.