This was one of the largest and best preserved ruins we've ever seen. Expect to spend a few hours walking through the corridors and trails. It's best to visit in the winter or spring months so you don't overheat.
Great kiva
Inside the great kiva
Location and Information
Unlike most major ancestral Puebloan ruins, Aztec Ruins is exceptionally convenient to visitors: it's within the city limits of Aztec. Aztec Ruins National Monument was designated a World Heritage site in 1987 as part of Chaco Culture World Heritage site because it preserves important Pueblo architectural and engineering achievements. Aztec Ruins was built as a public ceremonial, economic, and political center around 1100 AD and remained occupied by the ancestral Pueblo people until 1300 AD.
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- Type: location
- Date: 07-03-2018
- GPS: 36.835247, -107.999590
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