Pueblo Ruins in Bandelier National Monument
by Catherine Sherman
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Pueblo Ruins in Bandelier National Monument
Artist
Catherine Sherman
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Photograph - Photography
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"Pueblo Ruins in Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico" by Catherine Sherman.
Sunshine pours across the ruins of a pueblo building nestled under a cliff in in Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico.
Bandelier National Monument protects more than 33,000 acres of canyon and mesa landscape. In the monument are the ruins of a human presence going back over 11,000 years. Petroglyphs, dwellings carved into the soft rock cliffs, and standing masonry walls are evidence of the early days of a culture that still survives in the surrounding communities.
The Ancestral Pueblo people lived here from approximately 1150 to 1550. By 1550, the Ancestral Pueblo people had moved from this area to pueblos along the Rio Grande when the land could no longer support them. The people of Cochiti Pueblo, located just south and east along the Rio Grande, are the most direct descendants of the Ancestral Pueblo people who built homes in Frijoles Canyon.
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February 2nd, 2015
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Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Catherine – your rock art or ruins has been featured by the Go Take a Hike Photography Group! Feel free to add it to the 2022 Featured Images thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Lynn Sprowl
Amazing shot! This really shows the conditions of this area, causing the inhabitants to move. l/f
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