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Eroded Boulder House at Hovenweep National Monument. Ancient American Indian tribes built this stone masonery addition to an eroded boulder in Little Ruins Canyon. April 2010
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Eroded Boulder House at Hovenweep National Monument. Ancient American Indian tribes built this stone masonery addition to an eroded boulder in Little Ruins Canyon. April 2010

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  • Twin Towers at Hovenweep National Monument. These are some of the best constructed buildings in the southwest. April 2010. Utah.
  • Overview of Newspaper Rock Petroglyphs, along highway 211 (Utah). April 2010
  • The 700 year old remains of a large tower built by native american Indian at what is now the Hovenweep National Monument in Utah. April 2010
  • Ancient Indian Ruins in Little Ruin Canyon at Hovenweek National Monument on the Utah/Colorado border. April 2010. These are estimated at between 700 and 800 years old. They built high towers here (about 3 stories high.)
  • Remains of "The Castle" on the rim of Little Ruin Canyon at Hovenweek National Monument in southeast Utah. April 2010.
  • Petroglyphs on Newspaper Rock (Utah). April 2010
  • Westwater Ruins, near Blanding Utah. Sitting under a cliff along a canyon behind our RV park is this 1300 AD remains of the home of native Indians. April 7, 2010
  • Montezuma's Castle National Monument, near Camp Verde, AZ. Built into this sandstone cliff, these ruins are the remainder of a large "home" established almost 1,000 years ago and deserted by it's native inhabitants about 600 years ago, it is remarkable because it still stands against all odds of weather and human disturbance. The sandstone is very fragile. March 2010
  • Montezuma's Castle is a man-made structure built almost 1000 years ago in this sandstone cliff near Beaver Creek in Camp Verde, AZ. March 2010
  • Montezuma's Castle National Monument near Camp Verde, Arizona. March 2010
  • Tuzigoot National Monument (panorama, thus distorted). Cottonwood, Arizona. March 25, 2010. These ruins are almost 600 years old or more.
  • Eroded Boulder House at Hovenweep National Monument. Ancient American Indian tribes built this stone masonery addition to an eroded boulder in Little Ruins Canyon. April 2010
  • Walls of a "Unit House", a common construction among the Native Americans living in this area of southeastern Utah at Hovenweep National Monument (Utah). April 2010.
  • View across Little Ruin Canyon at Hovenweep National Monument of the Castle ruins. Almost 800 years ago these sturdy sandstone contructed walls held a thriving self-contained community around a canyon that probably provided a source of water. Utah, April 2010.
  • Butler Wash Ruin is a cliff dwelling that was built and occupied by the Ancestral Puebloans, sometimes known as Anasazi, in about 1200 AD.
  • Kiva at Butler Wash Ruins
  • Montezuma's Castle (Panorama hi-res)
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