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Multi-periodSite Name: Tonto National Monument Alternative Name: Upper Cliff Dwelling, Lower Cliff DwellingCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 27.779 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The Southwest Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Globe, AZ Nearest Village: Roosevelt, AZ
Latitude: 33.645200N Longitude: 111.1129W
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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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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Ancient Village in Gila County, Arizona. The two groups of well preserved cliff dwellings were built and re-built from the 1200's through the 1400's. There attributed to the Salado Culture, a farming, hunting and gathering culture known for its distinctive polychrome ceramics.
The Lower Cliff Dwelling can be seen from the museum. A pathway less than a mile long takes you up the slope where you can view several rooms of the dwelling. Construction began around 1250 AD and the dwelling was occupied for about 100 years. The construction is of stone mortored with mud, forming 10 - 12 enclosed ground floor rooms. Wood beams allowed for several two story rooms.
The Upper Cliff Dwelling is larger, with about 40 rooms. It can only be seen on a guided tour from the museum / visitor's center, during cooler months. The walk to the ruin is around 3 miles round trip with a substantial elevation change. This dwelling was built later than the Lower Cliff Dwelling (1300 AD), but was occupied up until the Salado CUlture disasppeared from the Tonto Basin (~1400-1450 AD.) In historic times the Wi:pukba, or Northeastern Yavapai, lived in this area, although they had a very different life style from the ancient people of the Salado Culture. Both the Cliff Dwellings and multiple smaller sites in the sorrounding area are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Note: The location given is not for the cliff dwellings themselves. The location given is for the visitor center and museum.
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National Park Service Tonto National Monument website. Reservations for the tour to the upper Cliff Dwelling may be made ahead of a visit, on-line. National Register of Historic Places.
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