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Aztec Ruins National Monument – New Mexico

Images of Aztec Ruins National Monument – Northcentral New Mexico, taken in April 2016.

Influenced by Chaco culture the settlement protected in Aztec Ruins National Monument was a center for the Ancestral Pueblo people’s ceremonial life from AD 1000 through the AD 1200s. This site is unique because of the well preserved original wood roofs as well as the massive scale of the structures that included at least 500 rooms some of which rose to three stories high.
A view of the West Ruin in Aztec Ruins National Monument
A view of the West Ruin in Aztec Ruins National Monument 		Center back wall of the West Ruin in Aztec Ruins National Monument
Center back wall of the West Ruin in Aztec Ruins National Monument		 Second story walls of the West Ruin in Aztec Ruins National Monument
Second story walls of the West Ruin in Aztec Ruins National Monument		 Aztec Ruins NM - New Mexico (2016)
Aztec Ruins NM - New Mexico (2016)		 Wall structure of the West Ruin in Aztec Ruins National Monument
Wall structure of the West Ruin in Aztec Ruins National Monument
West Ruin walls in Aztec Ruins National Monument
West Ruin walls in Aztec Ruins National Monument		 Kiva with the rest of the West Ruin in the background in Aztec Ruins National Monument
Kiva with the rest of the West Ruin in the background in Aztec Ruins National Monument		 Looking through aligned windows in the West Ruin in Aztec Ruins National Monument
Looking through aligned windows in the West Ruin in Aztec Ruins National Monument		 Second and third story walls in the West Ruin in Aztec Ruins National Monument
Second and third story walls in the West Ruin in Aztec Ruins National Monument		 The West Ruin from outside the settlement in Aztec Ruins National Monument
The West Ruin from outside the settlement in Aztec Ruins National Monument
Unique bands of green sandstone along an outside West Ruin wall in Aztec Ruins National Monument
Unique bands of green sandstone along an outside West Ruin wall in Aztec Ruins National Monument		 The reconstructed Great Kiva (completed in the 1930s) of the West Ruin in Aztec Ruins National Monument
The reconstructed Great Kiva (completed in the 1930s) of the West Ruin in Aztec Ruins National Monument		 Reed mat put in place to close off a doorway still intact today in Aztec Ruins National Monument
Reed mat put in place to close off a doorway still intact today in Aztec Ruins National Monument		 The interior of the reconstructed Great Kiva of the West Ruin in Aztec Ruins National Monument
The interior of the reconstructed Great Kiva of the West Ruin in Aztec Ruins National Monument		 Sunlight through a doorway in the reconstructed Great Kiva in Aztec Ruins National Monument
Sunlight through a doorway in the reconstructed Great Kiva in Aztec Ruins National Monument

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