Tuzigoot National Monument - Clarkdale, AZ
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N 34° 46.214 W 112° 01.585
12S E 406074 N 3848043
Tuzigoot National Monument was the home to the native Sinagua people of Arizona from 1125 to 1400 A.D.
Waymark Code: WM8KXH
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2010
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From
Arizona: A Guide to the State as part of Tour 2A (US Route 89A, now known as State Route 89A:
Right from Clarkdale on a dirt road crossing Verde River to TUZIGOOT NATIONAL MONUMENT, 2.4 m., an ancient pueblo originally built of stone mortared with mud and now partially restored. The pueblo was occupied about the year 1200. When it was abandoned has not been definitely established, but it is supposed that the inhabitants were among the antecedents of the modern Hopi. The pueblo housed several hundred persons. Articles found in the ruin indicate a high degree of culture. Many have been left exactly as they were revealed in the excavation of the rooms.
The original pueblo here was two stories high in places with 77 ground floor rooms. There were few doors into the rooms. Entry was through a hole in the roofs, reached by ladders. The village began as a small cluster of rooms inhabited by about 50 people for 100 years. In the 1200s the population doubled, then doubled again as refugee farmers settled here.
Admission to the park is $5. The visitor's center has many Sinagua artifacts that have been recovered from the site and the surrounding areas.