Aztec Ruins National Monument



Aztec Ruins National Monument preserves an Ancestral Pueblo Great House. The Pueblo was constructed from the 11th to 13th centuries, and contains over 400 rooms and many kivas. There is also a unique tri-wall structure and a reconstructed great kiva. Aztec Ruins National Monument is situated near the Animas River in the town of Aztec, NM. The ruins were erroneously named by early settlers who thought they were constructed by the Aztec civilization.



Park Sign


Visitor Center


Visitor Center


Visitor Center Museum


Ramada Picnic Shelter


Manos y Metates


Turquoise Banded Wall (1989)


Turquoise Banded Wall (2006)


Turquoise Banded Wall (2013)


Junction Chaco and Mesa Verde masonry styles


Two story wall with doors


Kiva Detail


Aztec Ruins


Room Blocks


Kiva


Aligned Doorways


Wall with remainders of roof beams


Room Block


Many Doors

Room Block
Visitor Center in back


Aztec Ruins

Hubbard Tri-Wall Structure (2006)

Hubbard Tr-Wall Structure (2013)


Kin Kiva


Restored Great Kiva (2006)


Restored Great Kiva (2013)


Great Kiva Interior


Banded Room Wall

Central Room Block
North Side


North Wall and Room Blocks


Central and East Room Blocks


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