Inscription House
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Inscription House is an ancient Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling located within the Navajo National Monument in northern Arizona.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| abandonedByCentury | 14th century ⓘ |
| accessPolicy |
closed to general public
ⓘ
restricted access to protect site ⓘ |
| approximateConstructionCentury | 13th century ⓘ |
| category |
Ancestral Puebloan sites
ⓘ
Archaeological sites in Arizona ⓘ Cliff dwellings in the United States ⓘ Protected areas of Navajo County, Arizona ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalAffiliation |
Anasazi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ancestral Puebloans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBuildingType |
cliff dwelling
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multi-room masonry structure ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named for historic inscriptions found at the site ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Betatakin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Keet Seel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritage | Native American ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
American Southwest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ Navajo National Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
northern Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInGeologicalFeature | sandstone alcove ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Navajo National Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| managementUnit | Navajo National Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
adobe
ⓘ
stone ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| near | Shonto, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Navajo National Monument archaeological resources
ⓘ
Navajo National Monument cliff dwellings ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | protected archaeological site ⓘ |
| significance |
example of late Ancestral Puebloan cliff architecture
ⓘ
important for study of Ancestral Puebloan settlement patterns ⓘ |
| state | Arizona ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Pueblo III period ⓘ |
| tourism | viewable from a distance only ⓘ |
| withinReservation | Navajo Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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