Prehistoric Indians of the SouthwestWormington, H. M. (Hannah Marie)
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Prehistoric Indians of the Southwest
Wormington, H. M. (Hannah Marie)
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Antiquities; Southwest, New -- Antiquities
An excavated great pueblo of the Classic period, twelfth and thirteenth
centuries, built between 1100 and 1125 A. D., with a completely restored
Great Kiva; additional unexcavated pueblo ruins. Lying between Chaco
Canyon and the Mesa Verde, these pueblos on the Animas River partake of
both phases of Anasazi culture. A small museum adjoining the main ruin.
Located close to Highway U. S.-550 and the town of Aztec, New Mexico.
CANYON DE CHELLY NATIONAL MONUMENT.
Striking cliff-dwellings and very early remains. In a spectacular
setting of great red-rock canyons occupied by picturesque Navajo
Indians. Tree-ring dates from one of the major sites, Mummy Cave, range
from 348 A. D.—the earliest date in the San Juan drainage—to 1284 A. D.,
the next-to-last. No museum. The monument and canyon area extends east
of Chinle, Arizona, in the Navajo Indian Reservation. Chinle is 100
miles from Gallup, New Mexico, or seventy-five miles (unpaved) from
Chambers, Arizona (which is west of Gallup on Highway U. S.-66). Not
accessible in bad weather. An excellent lodge (Thunderbird Ranch,
Chinle, Arizona), but rather restricted facilities.
NAVAJO NATIONAL MONUMENT.
Betatakin and Keetseel, great cliff-pueblos of the thirteenth century,
picturesquely situated in huge caves in the red sandstone walls of the
Tsegi Canyons, west of Kayenta, Arizona, in the Navajo Indian
Reservation. No museum. No tourist accommodations. (As in all the other
national monuments listed, however, a custodian on duty the year around,
resident at headquarters above Betatakin.) Another 100 miles, of rather
bad road, from Chinle to Betatakin; or 135 miles from Flagstaff—sixty
miles north on paved Highway U. S.-89, about the same distance on fairly
good unsurfaced reservation road, and the last dozen miles a quite rough
trail. Not accessible in winter or in rainy weather.
The White Mountains Region
KINISHBA.
A large pueblo of the period 1000-1400, largely excavated and partially
restored by the Arizona State Museum, in the Apache Indian Reservation
near Fort Apache, Arizona, twenty miles east of Highway U. S.-60. No
accommodations.
The Rio Grande Area
BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT.
Unusual cliff-ruins and open sites in beautiful Frijoles Canyon, in the
Pajarito Plateau, west of Santa Fe and south of Los Alamos, New Mexico,
seventeen miles from paved highway. Museum. Small lodge open
May-October.
PUYE.
Large partially-restored pueblo and small cliff-ruins, in the Pajarito
Plateau, north of Los Alamos, on the Santa Clara Indian Reservation,
fifteen miles from Espanola, New Mexico.
CORONADO STATE MONUMENT.
Two extensive adobe pueblos, Kuaua and Puaray, the former partially
restored. Museum. Across the Rio Grande from Bernalillo, New Mexico,
just off paved Highway State 44.
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