The Tuzigoot National Monument is another site in Arizona that you have to go see. Tuzigoot mean crooked water in Apache. It is the remnants of a Sinagua village. They figure it was built between 1125 and 1400. This picture is of me looking up at the ruins The original pueblo was two stories high with 77 ground floor rooms. These next two picture will be looking down:
The above two pictures are what it looks like in pueblo houses. Except for adding a floor to it, they pretty much left it unchanged. They had to add the floor because the dead are buried underneath (and usually only about 18 inches too!). People got into the pueblo houses with ladders through openings in the roof. As you can tell, there are very few exterior openings. The village started with a small number of rooms that housed about 50 people for the first 100 years. In the 1200s, the population doubled. The population doubled again they took in refugee farmers who were fleeing the drought. No one knows why the Sinagua disappeared, but they left us a marvel to look at.
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Tuzigoot National Monument…
The Tuzigoot National Monument is another site in Arizona that you have to go see. Tuzigoot mean crooked water in Apache. It is the remnants of a Sinagua village. They figure it was built between 1125 and 1400. The original pueblo was two stories high …
that looks like a pretty nifty place.
That looks like an amazing place to visit. Is it near Sedona? My family and I travel to Arizona every fall and somehow we’ve missed this. I’m putting this on our list for things we must do this time. Thanks!
I think it was not even a half hour drive from Sedona. It was really cool.
I love ancient history and have visited many archealogical sites in my travels. America is one place I do not know much about history wise so your posts are of great interest to me. Regards Mark Reciprodropper!
I’m putting this on our list for things we must do this time. Thanks!
I do not know much about history wise so your posts are of great interest to me. Regards Mark Reciprodropper!