🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Mogollon Tularosa 1275–1300 CE · Mogollon
46 rooms in five caves 1275–1300 CE, Mogollon.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Bandelier National Monument
Ancestral Pueblo III–IV 1150–1550 CE (Pajarito Plateau settlement after Mesa Verde diaspora) · Ancestral Puebloan / Keresan and Tewa (ancestors of Cochiti, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara)
13,355 ha of Frijoles Canyon with tuff cliff dwellings (cavates), mesa-top Tyuonyi Pueblo (400 rooms, 1–3 storeys) and Long House cliff village (800 m long) in soft Bandelier Tuff (1.1 Ma Jemez…
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Aztec Ruins National Monument
Pueblo II–III 1115–1287 CE (Chacoan 1120–1140; Mesa Verde 1200–1287) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chacoan then Mesa Verdean)
Misnamed 12th-century Great House built by Chacoan Ancestral Puebloans (Aztec West, 400 rooms, 3 storeys) and later occupied by Mesa Verdeans: E-shaped pueblo with Great Kiva (14.6 m diameter,…
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Acoma Pueblo (Sky City)
Pueblo III–present 1150 CE–present · Acoma (Keresan, ancestors Ancestral Puebloan/Zuni lineage)
Oldest continuously inhabited community in North America (since 1150 CE, oral history to 1100).
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🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Taos Pueblo
Ancestral Pueblo to historic 1000 CE–present (Hlauuma founded c.1000–1450 CE) · Taos Pueblo (Tiwa language, Northern Tiwa; ancestors Ancestral Puebloans)
Living Native American community and UNESCO World Heritage Site (1992) inhabited continuously for >1,000 years: two multi-storey adobe complexes Hlauuma (north house) and Hlaukwima (south house) up…