Agate House - Petrified Forest NP, AZ
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DopeyDuck
N 34° 48.308 W 109° 51.693
12S E 604133 N 3852023
The Agate House was built in the 10th & 11th centuries by the Puebloan people. It was later rebuilt by the Civilian Conservation Corp in 1933, and added to the NRHP on October 6, 1975.
Waymark Code: WM8M7M
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 04/17/2010
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According to the National Park Service, "Petrified wood was used by the ancestral Puebloan people for tools like arrowheads, knives and scrapers. But they also used it as building material. Agate House is a small, eight-room pueblo once built with blocks of petrified wood laid in a clay mortar." Source
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According to the National Park Service classified buildings report, "Pueblo w/ layout typical of late Pueblo II period, notable for construction from agatized petrified wood, where most park ruins are sandstone. Illustrates continuing contact & influences during 10th & 11th centuries." Source
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Agate House Pueblo *** (added 1975 - Site - #75000170)
Petrified Forest National Park, Holbrook
Historic Significance: Information Potential
Area of Significance: Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation: late pueblo ii
Period of Significance: 1499-1000 AD
Owner: Federal
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Multiple Dwelling
Current Function: Landscape
Current Sub-function: Park