Aztec Ruins National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
2024年4月6日 · Learn more about the ancestral Pueblo people in the park's museum and explore the Aztec West great house to see exceptionally advanced architecture, original wooden beams, and a restored Great Kiva. Aztec Ruins is a deeply sacred place to many Indigenous peoples across the American Southwest.
Plan Your Visit - Aztec Ruins National Monument (U.S. National …
2024年5月19日 · During a 1-2 hour visit, you can travel back 900 years to the time of a thriving ancestral Pueblo great house community. A ranger will greet you at the visitor center. From there, you can tour the museum, watch the 15-minute video "Aztec Ruins: Footprint of the Past," and explore a three-story archeological site on a half-mile self-guided trail.
Things To Do - Aztec Ruins National Monument (U.S. National …
2024年6月9日 · There are many things to do at Aztec Ruins, including a museum, self-guided trail through Aztec West, and Junior Ranger program.
UNESCO World Heritage Designation - Aztec Ruins National …
2015年2月24日 · Aztec Ruins National Monument was designated a World Heritage site in 1987 as part of Chaco Culture World Heritage site because it preserves important Pueblo architectural and engineering achievements.
Archeoastronomy - Aztec Ruins National Monument (U.S. National …
2022年9月11日 · The milky way rises into the night sky above ancestral Pueblo ruins. NPS photo, by Bettymaya Foote. Visitors experience the summer solstice sunrise alignment at the Aztec West great house site.
Animals - Aztec Ruins National Monument (U.S. National Park …
2022年9月11日 · Aztec Ruins encompasses 320 acres of diverse habitat supporting a wide variety of mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles. Riparian and pinon-juniper woodland areas, along with patches of once-cultivated grassy fields, orchards, and desert scrub support 28 documented mammal species, at least 70 bird species, 3 amphibians and 10 reptiles.
Maps - Aztec Ruins National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
2017年12月21日 · Aztec Ruins trail accessibility map. Regional Map. File Type: External PDF, 155 KB. Four Corners regional map. Last updated: December 21, 2017.
Archeoastronomy in Stone (U.S. National Park Service) - NPS
Archeoastronomy in Stone. Aztec Ruins National Monument, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Hovenweep National Monument, Petrified Forest National Park. The Ancestral Pueblo people carved petroglyphs and painted pictographs to follow the cycle of the sun, moon, and stars; equinoxes and solstices; and to document extraordinary celestial ...
History & Culture - Aztec Ruins National Monument (U.S. National …
2024年10月17日 · History & Culture. A corner doorway seen at Aztec Ruins National Monument. NPS Photo. Aztec Ruins National Monument honors and acknowledges the peoples who are traditionally associated with these sites and landscapes: Hopi Tribe of Arizona. Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico. Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico.
People - Aztec Ruins National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
2022年9月12日 · Aztec Ruins, built and used over a 200-year period, is the largest Ancestral Pueblo community in the Animas River valley. Concentrated on and below a terrace overlooking the Animas River, the people at Aztec built several multi-story buildings called “great houses” and many smaller structures.