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Aztec Ruins National Monument
History & Culture
Cover of administrative history

Aztec Ruins National Monument Administrative History of an Archeological Preserve
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Click the above link to read the following chapters:

The chapters include:
1 An Anasazi Village Misnamed Aztec
2 Earl Halstead Morris And The Aztec Ruins
3 Peeling Away Prehistory
4 A House In Ruins
5 A National Monument, Stillborn
6 The Decade Of Dissention, 1923-1933The 
7 The Great Depression & Capital     
  Improvements
8 Miller Administration, 1937-1944
9 Satellite Attractions
10 The Mission of Mission 66 
11 The Last Quarter Century And Beyond
12 Stabilization: The High Cost Of Water
13 Specimen Collections: Recent 
  Assessments And Their Significance For  
  Future Research

Inside the Great Kiva  

Did You Know?
A place of worship, council, and social interaction, the Great Kiva was the core of an ancient Pueblo community at Aztec Ruins. Submerged within the central plaza, this room is the oldest and largest reconstructed “great kiva” anywhere.

Last Updated: April 16, 2008 at 20:34 EST