Box Canyon dwellings

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Box Canyon dwellings are ancient Native American cliff and masonry structures built by ancestral Puebloan peoples within what is now Wupatki National Monument in northern Arizona.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site
cliff dwelling
masonry pueblo
accessibleFor archaeological research
approximateDateRange circa 1100–1250 CE
associatedWithCulture Anasazi (archaeological term) NERFINISHED
Ancestral Puebloans NERFINISHED
builtBy ancestral Puebloan peoples
country United States of America
surface form: United States
hasArchaeologicalPeriod Pueblo II period
Pueblo III period NERFINISHED
hasConstructionType cliff alcove structures
stone masonry
hasFeature adjacent open plazas or terraces
defensive or strategic location in canyon
multi-room masonry rooms
rooms built into cliff faces
hasMaterial local sandstone
mud mortar
heritageDesignation part of a U.S. National Monument
locatedIn Coconino County, Arizona NERFINISHED
Wupatki National Monument NERFINISHED
northern Arizona NERFINISHED
managedBy National Park Service
surface form: U.S. National Park Service
partOf Wupatki Puebloan cultural landscape NERFINISHED
significance evidence of ancestral Puebloan settlement in the Wupatki area
example of cliff and masonry architecture in northern Arizona
subjectOf studies of Puebloan migration and settlement patterns
usedFor community activities
food storage
residential occupation
withinProtectedArea Wupatki National Monument NERFINISHED

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Wupatki National Monument contains Box Canyon dwellings