In the Land of the Ancient Cliff Dweller: Bandelier National Monument, Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico
Author(s): Bandelier National Monument
Year: 1925
Summary
The Bandelier National Monument offers the visitor a rare combination of scenic beauty and antiquarian interest. West of the Rio Grande at Buckman, N. Mex., but 1,000 feet above it, lies the Pajarito Plateau, a rolling yellow-pine country cut by deep canyons that lead down to the river. One of these canyons contains a pretty little mountain stream, the Rito de los Frijoles. Between picturesque cliffs and canyon walls this stream literally tumbles into the Rio Grande over many falls, two of them 80 feet high. On a little flat bordering this stream, where fields were available close by, some prehistoric man established his communal house, his dwellings in the cliffs, and his kivas—the village of Tyuonyi. Others of his people lived in villages on the Pajarito Plateau and in near-by canyons, where natural defenses made their habitations more secure. Long ago these people disappeared, but the ruins of their cities have remained.
Cite this Record
In the Land of the Ancient Cliff Dweller: Bandelier National Monument, Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico. Bandelier National Monument. 1925 ( tDAR id: 375100) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8W66PDR
Keywords
Culture
Ancestral Puebloan
Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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Non-Domestic Structures
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview
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Heritage Management
Spatial Coverage
min long: -105.886; min lat: 35.566 ; max long: -105.463; max lat: 35.94 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Superintendent; National Park Service
Sponsor(s): United States Department of Agriculture
Repository(s): National Park Serice
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