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Mesa Verde National Park
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EVERYONE LOVES Mesa Verde, but have you heard of The Canyon of the Ancients? It is a group of Native American Pueblos in 170,000 acres of high desert. This map is a collection of the three main attractions as well as the heritage center. The Anasazi Heritage Center is a great (free) visitor spot to view some of the greatest collections of artifacts from this area. The recommended locations below include petroglyphs, remains of villages, and faint rock paintings.
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Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
EVERYONE LOVES Mesa Verde, but have you heard of The Canyon of the Ancients? It is a group of Native American Pueblos in 170,000 acres of high desert. This map is a collection of the three main attractions as well as the heritage center. The Anasazi Heritage Center is a great (free) visitor spot to view some of the greatest collections of artifacts from this area. The recommended locations below include petroglyphs, remains of villages, and faint rock paintings.
Hovenweep National Monument is located on land in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah, between Cortez, Colorado and Blanding, Utah on the Cajon Mesa of the Great Sage Plain. Shallow tributaries run through the wide and deep canyons into the San Juan River.[3]
Although Hovenweep National Monument is largely known for the six groups of Ancestral Puebloan villages, there is evidence of occupation by hunter-gatherers from 8,000 to 6,000 B.C. until about AD 200. Later, a succession of early puebloan cultures settled in the area and remained until the 14th century.
Hovenweep became a National Monument in 1923 and is administered by the National Park Service. In July 2014, the International Dark-Sky Association designated Hovenweep an International Dark Sky Park
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Hovenweep National Monument
Hovenweep National Monument is located on land in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah, between Cortez, Colorado and Blanding, Utah on the Cajon Mesa of the Great Sage Plain. Shallow tributaries run through the wide and deep canyons into the San Juan River.[3]
Although Hovenweep National Monument is largely known for the six groups of Ancestral Puebloan villages, there is evidence of occupation by hunter-gatherers from 8,000 to 6,000 B.C. until about AD 200. Later, a succession of early puebloan cultures settled in the area and remained until the 14th century.
Hovenweep became a National Monument in 1923 and is administered by the National Park Service. In July 2014, the International Dark-Sky Association designated Hovenweep an International Dark Sky Park
Lowry Pueblo is located about 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Cortez, Colorado, and about 100 miles (160 km) north of Chaco Canyon, one of the major centers of Ancestral Puebloan culture. The pueblo was named for the early area homesteader George Lowry. It is believed to have begun as a relative small community with just a few rooms, but is unusual for the presence of a great kiva, suggesting it served as a communal center for a scattered population before the settlement around it got larger.[4] The inhabitants were farmers who also hunted small game, made elaborately decorated pottery, and wove cotton obtained by trade. Its last occupation occurred in the early 13th century.
Lowry Pueblo was first excavated during summer field seasons from 1930 to 1936 by Paul Sidney Martin of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.[5] In 1965, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which owned the property, undertook a two-year project with the University of Colorado to stabilize the ruins, which had become partially buried. It was incorporated as part of the Canyons of the Ancients National Monumentin 2000.
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Lowry Pueblo
County Road 7.25Lowry Pueblo is located about 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Cortez, Colorado, and about 100 miles (160 km) north of Chaco Canyon, one of the major centers of Ancestral Puebloan culture. The pueblo was named for the early area homesteader George Lowry. It is believed to have begun as a relative small community with just a few rooms, but is unusual for the presence of a great kiva, suggesting it served as a communal center for a scattered population before the settlement around it got larger.[4] The inhabitants were farmers who also hunted small game, made elaborately decorated pottery, and wove cotton obtained by trade. Its last occupation occurred in the early 13th century.
Lowry Pueblo was first excavated during summer field seasons from 1930 to 1936 by Paul Sidney Martin of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.[5] In 1965, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which owned the property, undertook a two-year project with the University of Colorado to stabilize the ruins, which had become partially buried. It was incorporated as part of the Canyons of the Ancients National Monumentin 2000.
Sand Canyon is a wide, two-level drainage, with a deep and narrow inner gorge through Navajo sandstone, bordered by bushy, sandy benches of the Carmel Formation, below outer cliffs of light-colored Entrada sandstone, in which are found many large alcoves, at least seven occupied by ancient Ancestral Puebloan ruins. Both canyons are north-side tributaries of McElmo Creek, along the southern edge of Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, and may be explored by maintained trails starting from a parking area along (paved) Road G; a relatively popular location, publicized by the BLM as one of the best places in the state to view unrestored ruins in a backcountry setting.
Sand Canyon has ruins on both sides but those to the west are more numerous and much more easily accessed, from the mostly level trail that follows the bench below the upper-level cliffs, and reaches the northernmost ancient site after 3.5 miles, then later climbs steeply to a higher elevation plateau and follows its rim to another road, site of the Sand Canyon Pueblo, once a village of over 400 rooms, now a collection of low walls and overgrown stone piles. As this can be viewed via a short walk from the road, the northern part of the Sand Canyon Trail is not much used since all the other interesting sites, the alcove ruins, are concentrated towards the south end.
Sand Canyon Pueblo
14860 Rd NSand Canyon is a wide, two-level drainage, with a deep and narrow inner gorge through Navajo sandstone, bordered by bushy, sandy benches of the Carmel Formation, below outer cliffs of light-colored Entrada sandstone, in which are found many large alcoves, at least seven occupied by ancient Ancestral Puebloan ruins. Both canyons are north-side tributaries of McElmo Creek, along the southern edge of Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, and may be explored by maintained trails starting from a parking area along (paved) Road G; a relatively popular location, publicized by the BLM as one of the best places in the state to view unrestored ruins in a backcountry setting.
Sand Canyon has ruins on both sides but those to the west are more numerous and much more easily accessed, from the mostly level trail that follows the bench below the upper-level cliffs, and reaches the northernmost ancient site after 3.5 miles, then later climbs steeply to a higher elevation plateau and follows its rim to another road, site of the Sand Canyon Pueblo, once a village of over 400 rooms, now a collection of low walls and overgrown stone piles. As this can be viewed via a short walk from the road, the northern part of the Sand Canyon Trail is not much used since all the other interesting sites, the alcove ruins, are concentrated towards the south end.
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