Turkey Creek Pueblo
Pueblo III–IV (Mogollon) (1100–1350 CE)·Pueblo III–IV (Mogollon) (1100–1350 CE)·🇺🇸 Arizona, Apache County, White Mtns, Point of Pines, United States
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About Turkey Creek Pueblo
Turkey Creek Pueblo in Arizona, Apache County, White Mtns, Point of Pines, United States is a Pueblo III–IV (Mogollon) (1100–1350 CE) settlement attributed to Pueblo III–IV (Mogollon) (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. Mogollon great pueblo (500 rooms) at 2400 m — Grasshopper region aggregation centre, Roosevelt tradition.
Why it mattersMogollon great pueblo (500 rooms) at 2400 m — Grasshopper region aggregation centre, Roosevelt tradition.
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 III–IV Mogollon
- Period
- Pueblo III–IV (Mogollon) (1100–1350 CE)
- Culture
- Pueblo III–IV (Mogollon) (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 Turkey Creek Pueblo
On the ground
Structures & features
34.0500° N · 109.8500° W · 2100 m · 3 mapped features
Pueblo core
pueblo500-room pueblo core
34.0515° N · 109.8490° WPlaza and great kiva
plazaCentral plaza with great kiva
34.0488° N · 109.8508° WIrrigation check dams
damHigh-altitude check-dam field system
34.0508° N · 109.8515° W