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Identification:
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Preferred Structure Name:
| Pueblo
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Structure Number:
| AZ O:5:91
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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:
| 489547
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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 an 11-room pueblo that represents the Honanki – Tuzigoot phases of Southern Sinagua.
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Long Significance Description:
| This eleven-room pueblo on the southwest 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
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1.
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Built
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1125
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AD
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1400
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AD
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So Sinagua, Honanki-Tuzigoot phases
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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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| No records. |
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Physical Description:
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Structure Type:
| Ruin
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Volume:
| 2,000 - 20,000 cubic feet
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Square Feet:
| 3550
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Material(s):
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Structural Component(s)
| Material(s)
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1.
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Walls
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Limestone
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Short Physical Description:
| 11-room pueblo on southwest rim of Montezuma Well. Remaining walls average 1-4 foot tall, constructed of unshaped limestone.
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Long Physical Description:
| This eleven room pueblo is situated 12 meters from the southwest rim of Montezuma Well. The remaining walls average one foot to four feet tall. The walls are constructed of unshaped limestone.
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