Aztec Ruins Monument: 900-Year-Old Pueblo Legacy

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Pueblo people used this site as part of their migration journey. Explore a 900-year-old ancestral Pueblo Great House with more than 400 masonry rooms. See original timbers holding up the roof. Search for fingerprints of ancient workers in the mortar. Listen for an echo of ritual drums in the reconstructed Great Kiva.

Address and Phone 725 Ruins Road, Aztec, NM, 87410 505-334-6174
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Analysis of Perishable Artifacts from Four Stabilization Excavation Projects at West Ruin and East Ruin

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Analysis of Perishable Artifacts from 1984 Excavations at West Ruin, Aztec Ruins National Monument

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Evening of Lights 12-08-2023 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM Free Aztec Ruins National Monument will once again host the annual Evening of Lights holiday display! This event celebrates New Mexico traditions with hundreds of luminarias while illuminating the Aztec We

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