Canyons of the Ancients National Monument

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archaeological site complex national monument

Canyons of the Ancients National Monument is a protected landscape in southwestern Colorado renowned for its exceptionally dense concentration of Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites and rugged desert canyons.

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Label Occurrences
Canyons of the Ancients National Monument canonical 6

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site complex ⓘ
national monument ⓘ
allowsActivity backcountry exploration ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
approximateNumberOfArchaeologicalSites more than 6,000 recorded sites ⓘ
area approximately 176,000 acres ⓘ
approximately 71,200 hectares ⓘ
contains Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites ⓘ
Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient agricultural fields ⓘ
ancient water management features ⓘ
cliff dwellings ⓘ
desert canyons ⓘ
kivas ⓘ
mesa tops ⓘ
petroglyphs ⓘ
pictographs ⓘ
rock art ⓘ
sandstone cliffs ⓘ
containsPart Lowry Pueblo NERFINISHED ⓘ
McElmo Canyon area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rock Creek canyons NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sand Canyon NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
designation National Monument of the United States ⓘ
ecosystemType high desert ⓘ
semi-arid shrubland ⓘ
established June 9, 2000 ⓘ
establishedBy Presidential proclamation ⓘ
establishedUnder Antiquities Act of 1906 NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody U.S. Bureau of Land Management NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHeritage Ancestral Puebloan culture ⓘ
Native American cultural resources ⓘ
knownFor Ancestral Puebloan ruins ⓘ
cultural resource preservation ⓘ
high density of archaeological sites ⓘ
rugged desert canyon landscape ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
Montezuma County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
southwestern Colorado ⓘ
managedBy Bureau of Land Management NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestCity Cortez, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf National Landscape Conservation System NERFINISHED ⓘ
potentialNumberOfArchaeologicalSites tens of thousands of sites ⓘ
primaryPurpose conservation of natural landscape ⓘ
protection of archaeological sites ⓘ
protection of cultural resources ⓘ

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

southwestern Colorado → contains → Canyons of the Ancients National Monument ⓘ
subject surface form: Southwestern Colorado
Dolores River → passesThrough → Canyons of the Ancients National Monument ⓘ
Dolores River → locatedInProtectedArea → Canyons of the Ancients National Monument ⓘ
Cortez, Colorado → hasNearbyAttraction → Canyons of the Ancients National Monument ⓘ
Cortez, Colorado → hasNearbyProtectedArea → Canyons of the Ancients National Monument ⓘ
Montezuma County, Colorado → contains → Canyons of the Ancients National Monument ⓘ