Pueblo Bonito

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Pueblo Bonito is a large, multi-storied ancient great house in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, renowned as one of the most important and impressive archaeological sites of the Ancestral Puebloan culture.

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Pueblo Bonito canonical 7
Pueblo Bonito ruin 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancestral Puebloan great house
archaeological site
ruin
alsoKnownAs Pueblo Bonito great house
Pueblo Bonito
surface form: Pueblo Bonito ruin
connectedBy Chaco Phenomenon
surface form: Chacoan roads
constructedFrom mortar
sandstone
wooden beams
culture Ancestral Puebloans
dateOfConstructionEnd circa 1126 CE
dateOfConstructionStart circa 828 CE
excavatedBy George H. Pepper
Richard Wetherill
floorArea approximately 2 acres
hasArchitecturalStyle Ancestral Puebloan architecture
Chacoan masonry
hasFeature D‑shaped layout
ceremonial spaces
great kivas
multi‑storied room blocks
plazas
hasFunction administrative center
ceremonial center
regional hub in Chacoan network
residential complex
hasMaximumStories four or more stories
hasNotableFind burial crypts
cylinder jars
shell jewelry
turquoise artifacts
hasNumberOfKivas more than 30
hasNumberOfRooms approximately 650
hasOrientation roughly north–south axis
hasShape D‑shaped ground plan
locatedIn Chaco Culture National Historical Park
surface form: Chaco Canyon

New Mexico
San Juan County, New Mexico
United States of America
surface form: United States
majorExcavationPeriod 1896–1900
managedBy National Park Service
surface form: U.S. National Park Service
near Casa Rinconada
Chetro Ketl
Pueblo del Arroyo
partOf Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
surface form: Chaco Culture UNESCO World Heritage Site

Chaco Phenomenon
surface form: Chacoan great house system
period Pueblo I period
Pueblo II period
Pueblo III period
recognizedAs one of the largest Ancestral Puebloan great houses
one of the most studied sites in the American Southwest
significance important example of pre‑Columbian monumental architecture in North America
key site for understanding Chacoan social and political organization
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus within Chaco Culture National Historical Park inscription
usedUntil late 12th century CE

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Ancestral Puebloans majorSite Pueblo Bonito
Pueblo Bonito alsoKnownAs Pueblo Bonito
this entity surface form: Pueblo Bonito ruin
Chetro Ketl nearby Pueblo Bonito
Casa Rinconada hasNearbyFeature Pueblo Bonito
Pueblo del Arroyo locatedNear Pueblo Bonito
Kin Kletso locatedNear Pueblo Bonito
Hungo Pavi nearbySite Pueblo Bonito