Megalithic Portal: Latest from The Southwest, United States

Table Rock Pueblo

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:00:17 GMT

. Ancient Village or Settlement in Apache County, Arizona.Pueblo settlement in Arizona, named after the Table Rock, a natural stone formation with pecked grooves and cups on its surface.

Bandelier National Monument - Alcove House

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:58:19 GMT

]]>. Ancient Settlement in Sandolval County, New Mexico.A cliff dwelling 140 feet above the floor of the canyon in a natural alcove. In addition to dwelling and storage rooms, there was a large turkey pen and a kiva. The kiva has been reconstructed on location.

Bandelier National Monument - Long House

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:56:40 GMT

]]>. Ancient Settlement in Sandolval COunty, New Mexico.This row of pueblo rooms backed against the cliff wall, where additional rooms were enlarged or created in the soft volcanic tuff. Beam holes and carved supports in the cliff indicate that most of this pueblo had two stories.

Bandelier National Mounument - Tyuonyi

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:54:06 GMT

]]>. Ancient Settlement in Sandolval COunty, New Mexico.The pueblo was constructed 1383AD through 1466AD (tree ring dating from roof beams.) The outer ring of rooms originally reached to three stories. Three kivas were built within the circular structure, one of which is excavated. A larger Great Kiva lies to the south west, down canyon.

Bandelier National Monument

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:14:07 GMT

]]>. Ancient Settlement in Sandoval and Los Alamos Counties, New Mexico.Bandelier preserves the ruins of the homes of Ancestral Puebloan peoples, with the majority of structures dating to 1150AD to 1600AD (Pueblo Era III and IV) However, occupation of the area dates to 10,000 before present.

Puye Cliff Dwellings

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:13:49 GMT

]]>. Cave or Rock Shelter in The Southwest

Cordova Cave

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:19:04 GMT

]]>. Cave or Rock Shelter in The Southwest

Tularosa cave

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:18:48 GMT

]]>. Cave or Rock Shelter in The Southwest

Dupont Cave

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:08:50 GMT

]]>. Rock shelter occupied by the "basket-maker" culture, near Kanab in southern Utah.

Kelsey Creek Dam site

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:08:27 GMT

Archaeological investigation of Caddo Indians at Kelsey Creek. See comment.. Ancient Village or Settlement in Upshur County, Texas.One of a cluster of Caddo villages along Kelsey Creek. Excavations in the 1990's prior to the building of a dam and reservoir found house sites, ceramics, stone and bone tools, and some burial locations. The burial locations had been looted at some time in the past.