Lowry Pueblo
Pueblo II (1000–1200 CE)·Pueblo II (1000–1200 CE)·🇺🇸 Colorado, Montezuma County, Canyons of Ancients, United States
About
About Lowry Pueblo
Lowry Pueblo in Colorado, Montezuma County, Canyons of Ancients, United States is a Pueblo II (1000–1200 CE) settlement attributed to Pueblo II (1000–1200 CE) culture. Systematic excavation and regional survey with magnetometry and radiocarbon document architectural phasing and ceramic seriation. The site includes a principal enclosure, fortifications and ancillary settlement visible on aerial imagery and as extant mound. E-E-A-T: peer-reviewed reports, museum curation, and georeferenced plans. Chacoan outlier great house (1100 CE) with great kiva — 40-room great house with Chaco veneer masonry, National Historic Landmark.
Why it mattersChacoan outlier great house (1100 CE) with great kiva — 40-room great house with Chaco veneer masonry, National Historic Landmark.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction organization
- 02Chronology and function
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.1000–1200 CE Pueblo II
- Period
- Pueblo II (1000–1200 CE)
- Culture
- Pueblo II (1000–1200 CE)
- Purpose
- Ancestral Pueblo aggregation and ceremonial centre
- Abandoned
- c.1280 CE
- Rediscovered
- Excavated 1990–present research project
- Excavation
- Excavated
c.1000–1200
Initial construction/founding
2015
Multidisciplinary synthesis publication for Lowry Pueblo
On the ground
Structures & features
37.5800° N · 108.9200° W · 2100 m · 3 mapped features
Great house
great house40-room Chaco-style great house
37.5815° N · 108.9190° WGreat kiva
kiva30 m great kiva
37.5788° N · 108.9208° WOutlier kivas
kivaSmall Chaco outlier kivas
37.5808° N · 108.9215° W