Bandelier National Monument
- Bandelier National Monument
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Archaeological area,
north-
central New Mexico,
U.
S.
Lying along the Rio Grande 20 mi (
32 km)
northwest of Santa Fe,
it was established in 1916.
It occupies an area of 51 sq mi (132 sq km) and was named for Adolph Bandelier, a Swiss-American archaeologist. The monument contains many cliff and open-pueblo ruins of pre-Columbian Indians (mostly 13th-century) in Frijoles Canyon. Stone sculptures and man-made caves have also been unearthed.
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archaeological area and scenic wilderness of the Pajarito Plateau in north-
central New Mexico,
U.
S.
It lies along the Rio Grande 20 miles (
32 km)
west-
northwest of Santa Fe.
Established in 1916,
it occupies an area of 53 square miles (
137 square km)
and was named for Adolph Bandelier (
Bandelier, Adolph),
the Swiss American archaeologist who,
beginning in 1880,
studied the region extensively.
The monument contains many ruins of cliff and open pueblos (
villages)
of pre-
Columbian Indians,
mostly from the 13th century.
Of note are the large,
circular pueblo of Tyuonyi,
which lies in Frijoles Canyon,
and Tsankawi,
an unexcavated ruin located on a mesa about 11 miles (
18 km)
northeast of the main portion of the monument.
Kivas (
kiva) (
ceremonial chambers)
and man-
made caves also have been unearthed.
Piñon pine,
yucca,
sagebrush,
and juniper grow amid the rugged high cliffs and mesas in the monument.
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Universalium.
2010.
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