Atsinna Pueblo Ruin at El Morro National Monument in New Mexico
Home on the Desert's Rooftop is one of many attractions at the El Morro National Monument in New Mexico.
The Puebloans, smart farmers of the high desert, were master builders. Atsinna Pueblo, the largest of the pueblos atop El Morro, dates from about 1275. Its builders made use of what they had around them: flat sedimentary rock easily cut up as slabs they could pile one on top of another and cement with clay and pebbles.
According to the National Park Service, ~ 355 interconnected room structure is buried under the ground, which was occupied by 500-600 people. Currently, 18-room structure has been excavated.
If this is fully excavated, it could be American Machu Pichu, but the park ranger said, no plan for further excavation.
Atsinna Pueblo Ruin at El Morro National Monument in New Mexico
Home on the Desert's Rooftop is one of many attractions at the El Morro National Monument in New Mexico.
The Puebloans, smart farmers of the high desert, were master builders. Atsinna Pueblo, the largest of the pueblos atop El Morro, dates from about 1275. Its builders made use of what they had around them: flat sedimentary rock easily cut up as slabs they could pile one on top of another and cement with clay and pebbles.
According to the National Park Service, ~ 355 interconnected room structure is buried under the ground, which was occupied by 500-600 people. Currently, 18-room structure has been excavated.
If this is fully excavated, it could be American Machu Pichu, but the park ranger said, no plan for further excavation.