Hovenweep National Monument
- Hovenweep National Monument
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National monument, southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah, U.S. Established in 1923 and covering 785 acres (318 hectares), it consists of six groups of pre-Columbian Indian ruins, whose towers are excellent examples of
Pueblo Indian architecture of the period AD 1100–1300.
Hovenweep is a
Ute Indian word meaning "deserted valley."
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several scattered archaeological sites in southwestern
Colorado and southeastern
Utah, U.S., 25 miles (40 km) west of Cortez, Colorado. The monument, established in 1923, has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3 square km).
Hovenweep consists of six groups of pre-Columbian Indian ruins built of coursed-stone masonry: the Square Tower Canyon Cluster and the Cajon Canyon Group in Utah; and the Holly (or Keeley) Canyon Group, the Hackberry Canyon Group, Cutthroat Castle, and Goodman Point in Colorado. Their square, oval, and D-shaped towers are excellent examples of Pueblo (
Pueblo Indians) Indian defensive architecture of the period AD 1100–1300. Some of the towers may have served as storage bins; others, on the edges of cliffs, apparently were used as lookout points; still others were built over kivas (underground ceremonial chambers). Hovenweep is a
Ute Indian word meaning “deserted valley.” Access to the monument is by graded dirt and gravel roads.
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Universalium.
2010.
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