Aztec Ruins New Mexico Map

Aztec Ruins New Mexico Map. Aztec empire World in maps The national monument lies on the western bank of the Animas River in Aztec, New Mexico, about 12 miles northeast of Farmington. I also added a map of national parks near near Santa Fe on Google Maps at the end of the article

Aztec Ruins National Monument, A Photo Gallery
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Aztec Ruins is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, of which there are only 21 in the United States The Aztec area is also home to over 300 arches, perhaps the largest concentration of arches in the US outside of Arches National Park.

Aztec Ruins National Monument, A Photo Gallery

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. During a 1-2 hour visit, you can travel back 900 years to the time of a thriving ancestral Pueblo great house community 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 National Monument New Mexico. Aztec Ruins is a deeply sacred place to many Indigenous peoples across the American Southwest 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

Figure 1 from A New Archaeological History of Aztec Ruins, New Mexico. I also added a map of national parks near near Santa Fe on Google Maps at the end of the article Back in the day, Aztec was a 500-room pueblo that was three stories high