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Identification:
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Preferred Structure Name:
| Pueblo
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Structure Number:
| AZ O:5:90
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Other Structure Name(s):
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Other Structure Name(s)
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| No records. |
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Park:
| Montezuma Castle National Monument
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Historic District:
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Historic District
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1.
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Montezuma Castle National Monument Well Unit
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Structure State:
| Arizona
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Structure County:
| Yavapai
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Region:
| Intermountain
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Cluster:
| Southwest
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Administrative Unit:
| Montezuma Castle National Monument
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LCS ID:
| 006589
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Historical Significance:
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National Register Status:
| Entered - Documented
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National Register Date:
| 11/20/1978
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National Historic Landmark?:
| No
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Significance Level:
| National
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Short Significance Description:
| Feature of Montezuma Castle National Monument: Well Unit, nationally significant under NR Criteria C & D. Period of Significance: A.D. 1125-1400. Remains of a 17-room pueblo that represents the Honanki – Tuzigoot phases of Southern Sinagua.
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Long Significance Description:
| This seventeen-room pueblo on the southeast rim of Montezuma Well is a feature of the Montezuma Castle National Monument: Well Unit, which is significant at the national level under National Register Criterion C for it embodies the characteristics of a type and period and under National Register Criterion D because it has yielded, and is likely to yield further, information important in prehistory.
The original construction and occupation of this site represents the Honanki-Tuzigoot phases of the Southern Sinagua culture. It was built and occupied during Honanki phase (circa AD 1125) through Tuzigoot phase (AD 1300-1400). The site was abandoned sometime after AD 1400. Period of Significance ranges approximately from AD 1125 to 1400.
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Construction Period:
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Construction Period:
| Prehistoric
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Chronology:
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Physical Event
| Begin Year
| Begin Year AD/BC
| End Year
| End Year AD/BC
| Designer
| Designer Occupation
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1.
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Built
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1124
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AD
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1400
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AD
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So Sinagua, Honanki-Tuzigoot Period
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Other
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2.
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Stabilized
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1960
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AD
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1960
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AD
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NPS
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Other
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Function and Use:
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Primary Historic Function:
| Multiple Dwelling
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Primary Current Use:
| Exhibit
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Structure Contains Museum Collections?:
| No
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Other Functions or Uses:
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Other Function(s) or Use(s)
| Historic or Current
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1.
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Ruin
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Historic
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Physical Description:
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Structure Type:
| Ruin
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Volume:
| 20,000 - 2,000,000 cubic feet
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Square Feet:
| 10000
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Material(s):
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Structural Component(s)
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1.
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Walls
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Stone
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Short Physical Description:
| 17-room pueblo on southwest rim of Montezuma Well, above Swallet Cave. Remaining walls average 1-4 foot tall, constructed of unshaped limestone.
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Long Physical Description:
| This seventeen room pueblo is situated on the southeast rim of Montezuma Well, above Swallet Cave. The rooms vary in size from 11m x 17m to 3m x 4m, it is possible the large room had been subdivided at one point. The remaining walls average one foot to four feet tall. The walls are constructed of unshaped limestone.
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