<< Our Photo Pages >> Tusayan Ruins - Ancient Village or Settlement in United States in The Southwest
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Multi-periodSite Name: Tusayan RuinsCountry: United States Region: The Southwest Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Williams, AZ
Latitude: 36.013400N Longitude: 111.8662W
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 |
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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 |
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mfrincu visited on 20th Jun 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Nice bonus to our Grand Canyon visit. It contains a museum with local artifacts and some information on the inhabitants. I suspect the kiva's vent to point to the winter solstice sunrise but accurate measurements are needed. It definitely points E-SE.
jeffrep visited on 26th Sep 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5
bat400 TheCaptain have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 5
It consists of the foundations of a settlement that was used for approximately 20 years around 1200 AD. The people who built the village are known as the Ancestral Puebloans. Unlike more spectacularly situated and well known pueblo ruins found in red rock canyons in the south west, this village was built on flat land on the south rim of the Grand Canyon. The stone masonry rooms formed a "U" shape facing south.
The foundations include hearths, posthole indications, and storage pits. Specific features are highlighted on interpretive signs. Of most interest are two circular rooms assumed by their layouts to be Kivas. (In historic Pueblo cultures the Kiva is a room used for ceremonies that in all or part are open only to initiates. This aspect of the culture, by both current practice, oral tradition and archeological finds like these rooms, is shown to have a prehistoric origin.) An area to the east of the village appears to have irrigation and features associated with fields.
A small museum is nearby, interpreting the site in regard to what is known of the areas prehistory. Artifacts found at the site, including tools, pottery and baskets are shown in the museum. One of the more unique artifacts are small twig figures of animals.
[Information from signage at the site, and Native Roads: The Complete Motoring Guide to the Navajo and Hopi Nations, Fran Kosik, 1996.]
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