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Multi-periodSite Name: Chimney Rock - Great House Alternative Name: Chimney Rock National MonumentCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 70.441 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The Southwest Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Durango, CO Nearest Village: Pagosa Springs, CO
Latitude: 37.191667N Longitude: 107.306389W
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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The Great House and ninety other building sites near Chimney Rock lie within the San Juan National Forest. The Great House is exemplary in the care taken to build it, with evenly spaced runs of quarried sandstone blocks. The building complex was build around 1000AD during the amazing explosion of Chaco Culture influence in what is now New Mexico and parts of Arizona and Colorado.
The rock itself is over 535 million years old, and offers 75-mile panoramic views of the local area. The Ancient Pueblo People site, designated on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, was a community inhabited between Durango and Pagosa Springs about 1,000 years ago with about 200 rooms. Rooms in the buildings were used for living, work areas and ceremonial purposes. The site is located within the San Juan National Forest Archaeological Area on 4,100 acres of land. Between May 15 and September 30 the Visitor Center is open and guided walking tours are conducted daily.
Since the 1960s, Dr. Frank Eddy of the University of Colorado and others have studied the site, and research continues. Utilizing the provisions of the Antiquities Act, U.S. president Barack Obama elevated the archeological site to the status of a national monument on September 21, 2012.
A small cabin visitor center is staffed by volunteers from mid May through the end of September. The site may only be visited in a guided walking tour.
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