Autumn Morning @ Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico, USA-2738
Designated a UNESCO site as an Outlier of Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
From the National Park Foundation:
Built and occupied over 900 years ago, Aztec Ruins National Monument is the largest Ancestral Pueblo community in the Animas River Valley. In use for over 200 years, the site contains several multi-story buildings called “great houses,” each with a “great kiva”—a circular ceremonial chamber—as well as many smaller structures. Excavation of the West Ruin in the 1900s uncovered thousands of well-preserved artifacts that provide a glimpse into the life of Ancestral Pueblo people, connecting people of the past with people and traditions of today.
Autumn Morning @ Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico, USA-2738
Designated a UNESCO site as an Outlier of Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
From the National Park Foundation:
Built and occupied over 900 years ago, Aztec Ruins National Monument is the largest Ancestral Pueblo community in the Animas River Valley. In use for over 200 years, the site contains several multi-story buildings called “great houses,” each with a “great kiva”—a circular ceremonial chamber—as well as many smaller structures. Excavation of the West Ruin in the 1900s uncovered thousands of well-preserved artifacts that provide a glimpse into the life of Ancestral Pueblo people, connecting people of the past with people and traditions of today.