Hovenweep National Monument
- Hovenweep National Monument
-
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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