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Item Title
Shaft House Pueblito, Cuervo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM
LocationCuervo Canyon,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS NM-153
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N557).
Building/structure dates:
1692 initial construction
Significance: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and subsequent Spanish reconquest of 1692 forced many Pueblo tribes to flee westward and seek temporary refuge with the Navajo. Shaft House Pueblito was one such refugee site. Much like the Anasazi ruins at Mesa Verde National Park, Shaft House was constructed high atop a precipice sandstone cliff face. The precarious location afforded the Pueblo and Navajo with a strategic view of Cuervo Canyon. The two story structure contains fourteen inter-connected rooms. An impressive masonry tower connects the lower and upper stories. The narrow second floor passageway is pierced with several small loopholes, one of which looks directly down the hatch of the tower. The archeological site, containing a mixture of Navajo and Pueblo features, was probably abandoned some time around 1750.
Subjects
ArchaeologyIndians Of North AmericaCliff Dwellings
Related Names
Pueblo Indians
Navajo Indians
Fosberg, Stephen, Field Team
Jacobson, Louann, Field Team
Botsford, Manton, Field Team
Thallheimer, Arnold, Photographer
Goodard, Roger R., Delineator
Metzinger, Mira D., Delineator
Miller, Evan E., Delineator
Shaw, Rooney B., Delineator
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
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