AZ -- Wupatki Natl Monument:
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- Description of Pictures: The end of the trip evolved into seeing a lot of old Indian ruins. In part, this was inspired by the X-Files television show where they talk about the Anasazi and cliff dwellers. In part, it came about because there are just so many old Indian ruins in this area. Most of them are 700 to 800 years old.
Personally, I didn't find the Wupatki ruins to be all that interesting but they fed my desire to see more of them. After the heat of Death Valley, I wasn't really looking forward to going more southward on this trip which also fed that. Finally, I was getting tired of living out of suitcase, missing my girlfriend, and had just found out my cat had been cut up in a cat fight (he's fine). Traveling further south would have made the vacation longer than three weeks. So, at this point I decided to drop the rest of the scheduled sites on my southern leg--Houston, Dallas, New Orleans, Biloxi, and Mobile Bay--and concentrate on Indian ruins instead.
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- Wikipedia Description: Wupatki National Monument
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wupatki National Monument is a National Monument located in north-central Arizona, near Flagstaff. Rich in American Indian ruins, the Monument is administered by the National Park Service in close conjunction with the nearby Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. Wupatki was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.
The many settlement sites scattered throughout the monument were built by the Ancient Pueblo Peoples, more specifically the Sinagua, Cohonina, and Kayenta Anasazi. A major population influx began soon after the eruption of Sunset Crater in the 11th century, which blanketed the area with volcanic ash; this improved agricultural productivity and the soil's ability to retain water. Based on a careful survey of archaeological sites conducted in the 1980s, an estimated 2000 immigrants moved into the area during the century following the eruption. Agriculture was based mainly on corn and squash raised from the arid land without irrigation.
The dwellings, the walls of many of which still stand, were constructed from flat red stones held together with mortar. Each settlement was constructed as a single building, sometimes with scores of rooms. The largest settlement on monument territory is the Wupatki Ruin, "Big House" in the Hopi language, built around a natural rock outcropping. This ruin is believed to be the area's tallest and largest structure for its time period. The monument also contain ruins identified as a ball court, similar to the courts found in Meso-America and in the Hohokam ruins of southern Arizona. This is the northernmost example of this kind of structure. This site also contains a geological blowhole. Other major sites are Wukoki and The Citadel.
Wupatki is called Anaasází Bikin in Navajo) which translates as Houses of the Enemies.
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