Aztec Ruins National Monument
Description:
The Aztec Ruin National monument is actually a well-preserved example of Pueblo architecture in New Mexico. Early white explorer mistakenly identified the building as traces of Maxican Aztec culture, instead fo the Puebloan people.
LocationMem:
New Mexico
Institution:
Aztec
Official/Unofficial:
Government Memorial
Group Acknowledged:
Ancestral Pueblo Society
Historical Subject:
Ancestral Puebloan ruins.
Physical Aspects:
The site is a 900-year old ancestral Pueblo Great House with over 400 masonry rooms. It still has the original timber holding up the roof, T-shaped doorways, and intact ancestal Pueblo rooms. The site also has a reconstructed Great Kiva and in total is about a half-mile walk through the ruins.
Date of Dedication:
1923
Place Location: