Native Americans -- Ancient Settlements


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The largest pre-Columbian building in what is now the United States.
Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Culture NHM, NM (1987).


At one time Pueblo culture extended east of the Rockies into the Great Plains.
Humanas ruins, Gran Quivira NM, NM (1987).


Cottonwood beams in Aansazi ruins have allowed scientists to date buildings using tree-ring analysis.
Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Culture NHM, NM (1987).


The pueblo at Taos has been continuously inhabited since before Europeans arrived in the New World.
Taos Pueblo, NM (1978).


Did these people site their buildings like this because they were afraid of something?.
Square Tower Group, Hovenweep NM, near Blanding, UT (1981).


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