Taos Pueblo — North House Adobe High-Rise Continuous Occupation
Tiwa Pueblo (1000–present; North House c.1450)·Tiwa Pueblo (Taos) continuously occupied·🇺🇸 New Mexico, Taos County, Taos Pueblo, Sangre de Cristos, Rio Pueblo, United States
About
About Taos Pueblo — North House Adobe High-Rise Continuous Occupation
Taos Pueblo occupied 1000–, UNESCO 1992, 5-storey North House 1450, Taos Revolt 1680 mission destroyed. Recorded context — Period: Tiwa Pueblo (1000–present; North House c.1450); Culture: Tiwa Pueblo (Taos) continuously occupied; Field status: excavated; Materials: adobe, pine vigas, mud plaster; Condition: occupied — living UNESCO.
Why it mattersKey Tiwa Pueblo (Taos) continuously occupied ancient-village with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function of enclosure
- 02Construction labor organization
Theories
- 01Observatory
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 CE earliest; North House 1450 CE 5-storey
- Period
- Tiwa Pueblo (1000–present; North House c.1450)
- Culture
- Tiwa Pueblo (Taos) continuously occupied
- Purpose
- 5-storey 180 m long North House HLAAUMA pueblo — oldest continuously inhabited community in US (1000 years, UNESCO)
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1901
- Excavation
- Excavated
1970 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Taos Pueblo — North House Adobe High-Rise Continuous Occupation
c. 1000 CE earliest; North House 1450 CE 5-storey
Initial construction / first occupation at Taos Pueblo — North House Adobe High-Rise Continuous Occupation
On the ground
Structures & features
36.4390° N · 105.5450° W · 2170 m · 3 mapped features
- Taos Pueblo — North House Adobe High-Rise Continuous Occupation — Principal Structurestructurestructure at Taos Pueblo — North House Adobe High-Rise Continuous Occupation — subsidiary complex36.4375° N · 105.5464° W
- Taos Pueblo — North House Adobe High-Rise Continuous Occupation — Northern Complexcomplexcomplex at Taos Pueblo — North House Adobe High-Rise Continuous Occupation — outlier feature36.4397° N · 105.5452° W
- Taos Pueblo — North House Adobe High-Rise Continuous Occupation — Southern Rock Artrock artrock art at Taos Pueblo — North House Adobe High-Rise Continuous Occupation — subsidiary complex36.4392° N · 105.5451° W
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