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Tasayan Ruin. This is an Indian ruin that lies within the park. Cohonina and ancestral Pueblo (Kayenta Anasazi) people built the structure in AD 1185. The site was excavated in the 1930's. The ruin has 15 or 16 rooms including a kiva, storage rooms, and living quarters. They figure about 30 people lived here for 25 to 30 years. Limestone blocks were held together with mud. This picture shows the central kiva. Storage rooms go off to the right and living quarters go back on the left. |