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Multi-periodSite Name: Chaco Culture NHP - Peñasco Blanco Alternative Name: 29SJ410, LA 225, Bc 250Country: United States Region: The Southwest Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Farmington, NM Nearest Village: Cuba, NM
Latitude: 36.081600N Longitude: 108.0031W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Like Pueblo Bonita and Una Vita, Peñasco Blanco was constructed over a long period of time. Tree ring data and other finds indicate that the Great House was occupied or re-peatedly occupied with periodic renovations and additions, starting around 900AD with final construction by 1125AD.
About 300 rooms have been identified, most in a arc five rooms deep. The rooms on the outside of the arc having second and third floor rooms above them. There were 17 kivas, four of them "Great Kivas" with several having been built outside the boundary of the Great House.
Most of the ruin is unexcavated, although some portions were excavated in the 1920's and 1930's. Penasco Blanco is the last site on the Hiking Trail named for it, and is a bit more than 3.5 miles from the parking area trail head). The site is on the south side of the canyon on West Mesa, so the end of the trail is a climb out of the canyon and onto the mesa. Between the trail head and Peñasco Blanco there are other Great House sites and petroglyphs and pictographs.
[Information from National Park Service website describing the Peñasco Blanco hiking trail, and the Chaco Research Archive - Peñasco Blanco.]
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