Pot Creek Pueblo (Talastima)
Pueblo II–IV (1100–1350 CE)·Pueblo II–IV (1100–1350 CE)·🇺🇸 New Mexico, Taos County, Pot Creek, Sangre de Cristo foothills, United States
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About Pot Creek Pueblo (Talastima)
Pot Creek Pueblo (Talastima) in New Mexico, Taos County, Pot Creek, Sangre de Cristo foothills, United States is a Pueblo II–IV (1100–1350 CE) settlement attributed to Pueblo II–IV (1100–1350 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. Northern Rio Grande pueblo (Mesa phase) — 400-room adobe pueblo with kivas, early Rio Grande Great Pueblo.
Why it mattersNorthern Rio Grande pueblo (Mesa phase) — 400-room adobe pueblo with kivas, early Rio Grande Great Pueblo.
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.1100–1350 CE Pueblo II–IV
- Period
- Pueblo II–IV (1100–1350 CE)
- Culture
- Pueblo II–IV (1100–1350 CE)
- Purpose
- Ancestral Pueblo aggregation and ceremonial centre
- Abandoned
- c.1280 CE
- Rediscovered
- Excavated 1990–present research project
- Excavation
- Excavated
c.1100–1350
Initial construction/founding
2015
Multidisciplinary synthesis publication for Pot Creek Pueblo (Talastima)
On the ground
Structures & features
36.3500° N · 105.6000° W · 2100 m · 3 mapped features
Pueblo block A
pueblo400-room adobe pueblo block
36.3515° N · 105.5990° WGreat kiva
kivaCommunity great kiva
36.3488° N · 105.6008° WAgricultural terraces
terraceCheck-dam terraces and garden plots
36.3508° N · 105.6015° W