Cliff Dwellings of Arizona

  
America's Walking travels to Arizona






  

    

      
By Jennifer Boyd

      
Published: May 10, 2010

    

    

            
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Excavating Tuzigoot
West Side  Photo:Tuzigoot Historical Photo from nps.gov
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Southern View  Photo:Tuzigoot Historical Photo from nps.gov
Excavating Tuzigoot
Group III  Photo:Tuzigoot Historical Photo from nps.gov
Excavating Tuzigoot
Tuzigoot Extension 2  Photo:Tuzigoot Historical Photo from nps.gov
Yucca Mat
This peice of mat was woven out of yucca fibers by the Sinagua over 600 years ago.  Photo:nps.gov
Sinagua Jewelry
The Sinagua made these round beads by drilling a hole in the center, stringing them, and then rolling the whole necklace back and forth across sandstone which filed down the tiny stones to round beads.  Photo:nps.gov
      
          
    

          

      

	This video segment is from the public television series America's Walking.  It  features the amazing cliff dwellings of Arizona's Verde Valley, including Tuzigoot National Monument.  This ancient pueblo was built by a culture known as the Sinagua. The pueblo consisted of 110 rooms including second and third story structures. The first buildings were built around A.D. 1000. 



	

	If you're traveling through the valley, one of the best preserved cliff dwellings can be found at  Montezuma Castle National Monument.  This 20 room high-rise apartment, nestled into a towering limestone cliff, tells a 1,000 year-old story of ingenuity and survival in an unforgiving desert landscape.



	Montezuma Well, a unit of Montezuma Castle National Monument, is home to species of animals found nowhere else on the planet.

    



  
 
  

    

      

                                

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	An easy 1/3 mile trail takes you through a glade of white-barked Arizona sycamores to the base of one of the best-preserved cliff dwellings in North America. Take your time as you stroll the paved sidewalk past the 900 year old legacy of the ancient Sinagua culture. The towering trees provide welcome shade during the hot summer months as well as valuable habitat for hundreds of native plants and animals. Rock squirrels, songbirds and lizards are easily spotted along the trails, even during the hottest parts of the day.

        

              

            

 
        

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