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The Wukoki Pueblo ruins

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The many historic settlement sites scattered throughout Arizona's Wupatki National Monument were built by the Ancient Pueblo People. Wupatki was first inhabited around 500 AD.

 

The Wukoki pueblo ruins, above, is one of the best preserved within Wupatki.

 

This pueblo rises nearly three full stories. Archaeologists believe that it housed up to three large families. The rocky landscape and arid climate makes it hard to believe that they had been able to farm the surrounding land successfully, but rain had once been more plentiful in the region.

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