# Wupatki National Monument, Arizona

Author: United States. National Park Service

Genre: Category: History - American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59241

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Wupatki+National+Monument%2C+Arizona+United+States.+National+Park+Service&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The red sandstone prehistoric pueblos of Wupatki, gleaming against a background of black basaltic cliffs and facing a view of the Painted Desert of the Little Colorado River, were built by groups of farming Indians, ancestors of the picturesque Hopis. More than 800 home sites have been discovered in the monument, varying from the pits of ancient earth lodges to house structures three stories high. Studies of ancient wooden beams in the ruins have dated the major occupation as occurring during the eleventh and twelfth centuries.

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/wupatki-national-monument-arizona-59241/chapters/1/index.md)