<< Our Photo Pages >> Puye Cliff Dwellings - Cave or Rock Shelter in United States in The Southwest
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Puye Cliff DwellingsCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 33.715 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The Southwest Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Latitude: 35.975556N Longitude: 106.2275W
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jeffrep visited on 8th Oct 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 The Puye Cliff Dwellings were the homes to 1,500 Pueblo Indians who lived, farmed and hunted game there from 900 to 1580 A.D. Puye Cliffs' inhabitants then moved into the Rio Grande River valley. They are the ancestors of today's Santa Clara people, who now live at Santa Clara Pueblo, 10 miles east of Puye in northern New Mexico in the United States.
Puye Cliffs comprises two levels of cliff and cave dwellings cut into the cliff face, as well as dwellings on the mesa top. Over one mile long, the first level runs the length of the base of the mesa. The second level is about 2,100 feet long. Paths and stairways were cut in the face of the rock to connect the two levels and allow people to climb to the top of the mesa.
Representing early Pueblo architecture, cave dwellings on the mesa top were part of a single, multi-storied complex built around a large, central plaza. While the total number of rooms is unknown, the south part of the complex had 173 on the ground floor and multiple stories in various places, similar to modern-day Taos Pueblo.
Puye Cliffs' inhabitants then moved into the Rio Grande River valley. They are the ancestors of today's Santa Clara people, who now live at Santa Clara Pueblo, 10 miles east of Puye in northern New Mexico in the United States. Puye Cliffs comprises two levels of cliff and cave dwellings cut into the cliff face, as well as dwellings on the mesa top. Over one mile long, the first level runs the length of the base of the mesa. The second level is about 2,100 feet long.
Paths and stairways were cut in the face of the rock to connect the two levels and allow people to climb to the top of the mesa. Representing early Pueblo architecture, cave dwellings on the mesa top were part of a single, multi-storied complex built around a large, central plaza. While the total number of rooms is unknown, the south part of the complex had 173 on the ground floor and multiple stories in various places, similar to modern-day Taos Pueblo.
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