Quarai Pueblo (Mission Quarai)
Pueblo III–IV → Spanish mission (1100–1670 CE)·Pueblo III–IV → Spanish mission (1100–1670 CE)·🇺🇸 New Mexico, Torrance County, Salinas, Manzano foothills, United States
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About Quarai Pueblo (Mission Quarai)
Quarai Pueblo (Mission Quarai) in New Mexico, Torrance County, Salinas, Manzano foothills, United States is a Pueblo III–IV → Spanish mission (1100–1670 CE) settlement attributed to Pueblo III–IV → Spanish mission (1100–1670 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. Salinas Pueblo mission village — 600-room Tijeras-phase pueblo with 1628 Quarai Mission (Convento) red sandstone church.
Why it mattersSalinas Pueblo mission village — 600-room Tijeras-phase pueblo with 1628 Quarai Mission (Convento) red sandstone church.
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.1100–1670s CE Pueblo → Spanish
- Period
- Pueblo III–IV → Spanish mission (1100–1670 CE)
- Culture
- Pueblo III–IV → Spanish mission (1100–1670 CE)
- Purpose
- Ancestral Pueblo aggregation and ceremonial centre
- Abandoned
- c.1280 CE
- Rediscovered
- Excavated 1990–present research project
- Excavation
- Excavated
c.1100–1670s
Initial construction/founding
2015
Multidisciplinary synthesis publication for Quarai Pueblo (Mission Quarai)
On the ground
Structures & features
34.5900° N · 106.2900° W · 2100 m · 3 mapped features
Pueblo mound
puebloTijeras-phase pueblo rooms
34.5915° N · 106.2890° WMission church of La Purísima
mission1628 red sandstone mission church
34.5888° N · 106.2908° WKiva circle
kivaSubterranean kiva plaza
34.5908° N · 106.2915° W