Bandelier

Bandelier National Monument on the Pajarito Plateau of northern New Mexico preserves the cliff dwellings and pueblos of the Ancestral Puebloan ancestors of the modern Cochiti and San Ildefonso Pueblo peoples. The site was occupied from approximately 1150-1550 CE. The Frijoles Canyon main loop preserves Tyuonyi (a circular pueblo of 400 rooms at canyon bottom), the Long House (a series of cavates carved into the soft volcanic tuff of the cliff face), and Alcove House (reached by 140 feet of wooden ladders 140 feet above the canyon floor). The carved cavates show the precision-cut detail characteristic of rock-cut architecture, with smoke-blackened ceilings still intact 500 years after abandonment.

35.7811°, -106.2706°

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Bandelier National Monument — A look at ancestral puebloan life | To Wander FreelyTo Wander Freely

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