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Aztec Ruins National Monument
Plan Your Visit

Whether you are just passing through or have a couple hours to spend here, Aztec Ruins can provide visitors with a meaningful experience of an ancestral Pueblo site. Goods, services, and accommodations are located near Aztec Ruins in the cities of Aztec, Bloomfield, Farmington, and Durango. Click on the above links for more detailed information.

Girl with ancestral Puebloan ladder - 1910s  

Did You Know?
Access to many rooms and levels of ancient Pueblo communities required ladders. The museum at Aztec Ruins contains this unique ladder excavated with bindings intact (shown with girl, ca. 1917). Today ladders represent a symbolic portal between two spiritual realms of the Pueblo universe.

Last Updated: January 12, 2007 at 16:53 EST