#Ancestral Puebloans

[thomaswaynewolf]

[wandering-jana]

Pueblo Bonito, in Chaco Canyon, was occupied from 828 and 1126 CE. It was the largest of the great houses in what may have been a ceremonial center.

Explore Chaco:

[rabbitcruiser]

Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park (No. 13)

Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in North America. The structure built by the Ancestral Puebloans is located in Mesa Verde National Park in their former homeland region. The cliff dwelling and park are in Montezuma County, in the southwestern corner of Colorado, in the Southwestern United States.

Tree-ring dating indicates that construction and refurbishing of Cliff Palace was continuous approximately from 1190 CE through 1260 CE, although the major portion of the building was done within a 20-year time span. The Ancestral Puebloans, also known as Anasazi, who constructed this cliff dwelling and the others like it at Mesa Verde were driven to these defensible positions by "increasing competition amidst changing climatic conditions". Cliff Palace was abandoned by 1300, though debate is ongoing as to the cause. Some contend that a series of megadroughts interrupting food production systems was the main cause.

Cliff Palace was rediscovered in 1888 by Richard Wetherill and Charlie Mason while they were looking for stray cattle.

Source: Wikipedia

[utahunfiltered]

The Ute tribe have an oral tradition that a woman of the Ancient Ones (ancestral Puebloans) gave birth at a site near Emery, Utah. To commemorate this birth, they carved this glyph of the woman in labor. The story goes on to say that if, at midday on the fall equinox, you stand with your back to this petroglyph, the woman’s shadow will be visible on the opposing cliff face. Well, yesterday (9/22/24) was the fall equinox. Story confirmed! What an amazing experience.

[zfotos]

Taos Pueblo, NM

it was such a privilege being able to visit the Pueblo and immerse myself with the environment, the experience was worth the trip

[nmnomad]

Bandelier National Monument: Explore Ancient Cave Dwellings

[that-much-further-west]

Spruce Tree House and Square Tower House, Mesa Verde National Park, CO - 12/29/2023

[thorsenmark]

Guest Viewings of Chaco Culture National Historical Park by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the east while taking in view across the Chaco Culture National Historical Park landscape present to my front. In composing this image, I took advantage of some high ground. I was located on an angled my Nikon SLR camera, so that I could create more of a sweeping view, leading off into the horizon. I wanted to keep a balance between the blue skies and clouds above with the earth-tones in the lower portion of the image. I felt there was a color contrast that seemed to complement the entirety of the image.

[jesyme]

Detail, repair, great kiva at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Photo by j.e.syme 2023.

[phytophiliac]

Hovenweep Stonework by Richard Ellis Via Flickr: Closeup of the stonework of the Ancestral Puebloans (also known as Anasazi) seen at Hovenweep National Monument

[charring58]

The #AncestralPuebloans, also known as the #Anasazi and by the earlier term the Bastketmaker-Pueblo culture, were an ancient Native American culture that spanned the present-day Four Corners region of the United

[thomaswaynewolf]

[wandering-jana]

Ancestral Puebloan ruins in Hovenweep National Monument, Utah. Explore:

[rabbitcruiser]

Mesa Verde National Park (No. 21)

The Cliff Palace Overlook is the first stop 6-mile (10 km) Cliff Palace Loop Road. Recent studies reveal that Cliff Palace contained 150 rooms and 23 kivas and had a population of approximately 100 people. Out of the nearly 600 cliff dwellings concentrated within the boundaries of the park, 75% contain only 1-5 rooms each, and many are single room storage units. If you visit the Cliff Palace overlook you will view an exceptionally large dwelling which may have had special significance to the original occupants. It is thought that Cliff Palace was a social, administrative site with high ceremonial usage.

Recent studies reveal that Cliff Palace contained 150 rooms and 23 kivas and had a population of approximately 100 people. Out of the nearly 600 cliff dwellings concentrated within the boundaries of the park, 75% contain only 1-5 rooms each, and many are single room storage units. If you visit Cliff Palace you will enter an exceptionally large dwelling which may have had special significance to the original occupants. It is thought that Cliff Palace was a social, administrative site with high ceremonial usage.

Source

[utahunfiltered]

A petroglyph of a sheep pooping. Nine Mile Canyon, August 1, 2023.