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<< Our Photo Pages >> Navajo Nat. Mon. - Betatakin - Ancient Village or Settlement in United States in The Southwest

Submitted by bat400 on Monday, 03 November 2008  Page Views: 6890

Multi-periodSite Name: Navajo Nat. Mon. - Betatakin Alternative Name: Bitat'ahkin
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 45.354 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The Southwest Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Kayenta, AZ
Latitude: 36.684200N  Longitude: 110.5345W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Navajo Nat. Mon. - Betatakin
Navajo Nat. Mon. - Betatakin submitted by DrewParsons : Betatakin settlement (Vote or comment on this photo)
Kayenta Ancestral Puebloan Ruin in Navajo County, Arizona.
The village was built around 1250 AD and was occupied for about 50 years. It had 135 rooms, many of them granaries, and one kiva. The stone buildings are sited in a south east facing "cave" shelter in the Tsegi Canyon. Many of the rooms are reduced to the lowest runs of masonry. Others are relatively intact, with wood beams and supports in place.

The ruin may be seen from a road overview from across the canyon. A ranger guided hike is made to Betatakin once a day in the summer and on weekends during the winter. The 5 mile round trip hike makes an elevation change of 700 feet each way.

The ceiling of the overhang above the ruins is considered less than stable. Hikes in the 1970's went up among the buildings, but that appears to no longer be allowed, or has been periodically forbidden.

Betatakin is part of the National Park Service's Navajo National Monument and lies completely within the Navajo Reservation. The park has two small campgrounds and small visitor center.

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Navajo Nat. Mon. - Betatakin
Navajo Nat. Mon. - Betatakin submitted by DrewParsons : Betatakin Settlement seen across the canyon (Vote or comment on this photo)

Navajo Nat. Mon. - Betatakin
Navajo Nat. Mon. - Betatakin submitted by Runemage : Navajo National Monument Arizona Image copyright: RuggyBearLA (Matthew Dillon), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Navajo Nat. Mon. - Betatakin
Navajo Nat. Mon. - Betatakin submitted by Runemage (Vote or comment on this photo)

Navajo Nat. Mon. - Betatakin
Navajo Nat. Mon. - Betatakin submitted by DrewParsons : Fossilised dinosaur footprint in the rock outside the Ranger Station at Navajo National Monument, Arizona (Vote or comment on this photo)

Navajo Nat. Mon. - Betatakin
Navajo Nat. Mon. - Betatakin submitted by DrewParsons : Navajo National Monument showing a reconstruction of a hut typical of those used by the original Pueblo people. Located outside the Ranger Station and opposite Betatakin

Navajo Nat. Mon. - Betatakin
Navajo Nat. Mon. - Betatakin submitted by DrewParsons : Betatakin seen from the Ranger Station at Navajo National Monument

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