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ancestral puebloan

3 Porch Notes tagged “ancestral puebloan,” from counties across Colorado.

History and culture - Archuleta County

The ancient sky-watchers of Chimney Rock

The ruins at Chimney Rock were a high-elevation Ancestral Puebloan village tied to the Chaco world, built where two stone spires frame events in the sky.

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History and culture - Montezuma County

Hovenweep's stone towers sit on the Colorado-Utah line

Part of Hovenweep National Monument lies in western Montezuma County, where Ancestral Puebloans built unusual stone towers along canyon rims around AD 1200 to 1300.

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History and culture - Montezuma County

Sand Canyon held a village with about three times the rooms of Cliff Palace

West of Cortez, the Sand Canyon area in Canyons of the Ancients held a 13th-century village with roughly three times the rooms of Cliff Palace, and hiking there is restricted to marked routes.

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