5/18/2023 0 Comments Akila puye![]() In 2000, a planned burn of trees in Bandelier National Monument burned out of control. It is located on the Santa Clara Indian Reservation. The cliff dwellings were declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966, under the name of "Puye Ruins." Įstablished in the late 1200s or early 1300s and abandoned by about 1600, this is among the largest of the prehistoric Indian settlements on the Pajarito Plateau, showing a variety of architectural forms and building techniques. 1490-1550 CE, found at Otowi Pueblo near Puye, Heard Museum It was the first systematic excavation of a prehistoric pueblo in the Rio Grande valley. In 1907 Edgar Hewett, with the Southwest Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, excavated Puye Cliffs. The Tewa name 'Puye' can be translated as 'pueblo ruin where the rabbits assemble or meet'. The American Indians living in pueblos in northern New Mexico traditionally speak the Tewa language. Present day inhabitants of Santa Clara Pueblo, some 10 miles (16 km) to the east, are descendants of the Puye. Ībout 1580 (after the end of the Pueblo IV Era) drought finally forced the villagers to leave for locations nearer to the Rio Grande valley. In the center of the complex was a large plaza. The total number of rooms is not known, but would include rooms on the northern side of the complex and the upper levels. The south portion of the complex had 173 rooms on the ground floor. On top of the mesa are cave dwellings of the Pueblo II Era around which a multi-storied puebloan village was built. The cliff dwellings held about 740 rooms and ruins at the base of the cliff that likely held additional dwellings. The rock is relatively soft and can be excavated using wooden tools. The dwellings were carved out of soft volcanic tuff (the Bandelier Tuff) on about a 200 feet (61 m) cliff ridge. One level of cliff dwellings is over 1 mile (1.6 km) long and the second is about 2,100 feet (640 m) long. The two levels of cliff dwellings, the mesa top and reconstructed 'Community House' are accessed by paths and about twelve stairways and ladders cut into the side of the cliff. The Puye Cliffs complex, the largest complex on the Pajarito Plateau, includes two levels of cliff-dwellings and surface and cave dwellings. ![]() Their settlements increased and changed over time in the Pueblo III Era, when they lived in larger, concentrated villages of Otowi, Puye, Shufinne, Tsankawi, Tsirege, and Tyuonyi. Native peoples first settled in the area in the late 10th century of the Pueblo II Era, living in dispersed farmstead dwellings at the east side of the Jemez Mountains. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966.īetween 9, up to 1500 Pueblo people lived in the area where they hunted game and cultivated food. The Puye Cliff Dwellings are the ruins of an abandoned pueblo, located in Santa Clara Canyon on Santa Clara Pueblo land near Española, New Mexico.
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