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<< Our Photo Pages >> Puye Cliff Dwellings - Cave or Rock Shelter in United States in The Southwest

Submitted by jeffrep on Saturday, 23 January 2016  Page Views: 3742

Natural PlacesSite Name: Puye Cliff Dwellings
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 66.802 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The Southwest Type: Cave or Rock Shelter

Latitude: 35.975556N  Longitude: 106.2275W
Condition:
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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 Cliff Dwellings
Puye Cliff Dwellings submitted by jeffrep : The Puye Cliff Dwellings held about 740 rooms and ruins at the base of the cliff that likely held additional dwellings. One level of cliff dwellings is over 1 mile long and the second is about 2,100 feet long. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock shelter dwellings and adobe houses in Santa Clara canyon, New Mexico. 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.

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Puye Cliff Dwellings
Puye Cliff Dwellings submitted by jeffrep : Puye Cliff Dwellings from a distance. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Puye Cliff Dwellings
Puye Cliff Dwellings submitted by jeffrep : The mesa top multi-storied puebloan village and reconstructed 'Community House' at the Puye Cliff Dwellings. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Puye Cliff Dwellings submitted by durhamnature : Excavation at Puye, from "Ancient Ruins..." via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Puye Cliff Dwellings submitted by durhamnature : Photo of the cave houses, from "Ancient Ruins..." via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

Puye Cliff Dwellings
Puye Cliff Dwellings submitted by jeffrep : A typical cliff dwelling carved out soft of volcanic tuff at Puye Cliff Dwellings.

Puye Cliff Dwellings
Puye Cliff Dwellings submitted by jeffrep : The mesa top multi-storied puebloan village (and reconstructed 'Community House') at Puye Cliff Dwellings.

Puye Cliff Dwellings
Puye Cliff Dwellings submitted by jeffrep : The kiva (a structure used for religious rituals) near the multi-storied puebloan village on the mesa top at Puye Cliff Dwellings.

Puye Cliff Dwellings
Puye Cliff Dwellings submitted by jeffrep : To access the different levels of dwellings and the mesa top at the Puye Cliffs complex, ladders are necessary. (1 comment)

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