Integrated Approach to Ruins Stabilization at Tuzigoot National Monument

Summary

This is an abstract from the "The Vanishing Treasures Program: Celebrating 20 Years of National Park Service Historic Preservation" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In 1998, Tuzigoot National Monument, through the Vanishing Treasures Program, set forth on a program of complex ruins stabilization at Tuzigoot pueblo (AD 1125 – 1400) that endures to this day. While some of the original stabilization methodology has remained constant from its earliest iterations, there has been an evolution in the process in which the work is now accomplished. Much of this is due to the interdisciplinary and multi-cultural approach that the current NPS staff uses to stabilize Tuzigoot pueblo and the lessons that have been learned along the way. Working together, archeologists, Preservation Masons, and interns work in concert to stabilize the pueblo through their unique perspectives, beliefs, and abilities. The integrated use of accepted stabilization practices, experimental learning, and traditional knowledge has melded together to provide a comprehensive and successful effort in ruins stewardship and preservation at Tuzigoot National Monument.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Vanishing Treasures Program: Celebrating 20 Years of National Park Service Historic Preservation   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 23127