Casa Rinconada

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Casa Rinconada is a large, ancient Great Kiva and ceremonial structure built by the Ancestral Puebloans in what is now northwestern New Mexico.

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Label Occurrences
Casa Rinconada canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Great Kiva ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
ceremonial structure ⓘ
access hiking trail within Chaco Culture National Historical Park ⓘ
approximateDiameter about 19 meters ⓘ
about 63 feet ⓘ
architecturalStyle Ancestral Puebloan architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Chaco Culture National Historical Park ⓘ
surface form: Chaco Canyon

Chaco Phenomenon ⓘ
surface form: Great Houses of Chaco Canyon
builtBy Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ
constructionMaterial adobe ⓘ
stone ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
culture Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ
estimatedConstructionDate circa 1100 CE ⓘ
excavatedBy National Park Service archaeologists ⓘ
excavationPeriod 1930s ⓘ
hasFeature T-shaped doorway ⓘ
aligned openings for solar observations ⓘ
bench around interior wall ⓘ
fire pit ⓘ
floor vaults ⓘ
masonry vaults ⓘ
niches in interior wall ⓘ
pilasters ⓘ
subterranean chamber ⓘ
ventilation shaft ⓘ
hasFunction ceremonial use ⓘ
community assembly ⓘ
ritual gatherings ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Chaco Wash ⓘ
Pueblo Bonito ⓘ
Pueblo del Arroyo ⓘ
heritageOf Pueblo peoples ⓘ
includedIn Chaco Culture National Historical Park ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site "Chaco Culture"
locatedIn Chaco Culture National Historical Park ⓘ
San Juan County, New Mexico ⓘ
northwestern New Mexico ⓘ
managedBy National Park Service ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Park Service
openToPublic yes ⓘ
orientation roughly north–south ⓘ
partOf Chaco Culture National Historical Park ⓘ
surface form: Chaco Culture World Heritage Site

Chaco Phenomenon ⓘ
surface form: Chacoan cultural system
period Pueblo II period ⓘ
restored partially ⓘ
significance important example of Ancestral Puebloan ceremonial architecture ⓘ
one of the largest known Great Kivas in the Chaco region ⓘ
usedUntil 13th century CE ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pueblo Bonito → near → Casa Rinconada ⓘ