Hovenweep National Monument

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archaeological site national monument protected area

Hovenweep National Monument is a U.S. National Monument known for its well-preserved ancestral Puebloan ruins and stone towers scattered across remote canyons and mesas in the American Southwest.

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Label Occurrences
Hovenweep National Monument canonical 12
Hovenweep cultural landscape 3
Hovenweep 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
national monument ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
area approximately 3.17 square kilometers ⓘ
approximately 784 acres ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
contains Cutthroat Castle Group ⓘ
Goodman Point Unit ⓘ
Hackberry Group ⓘ
Holly Group ⓘ
Horseshoe Group ⓘ
Square Tower Group ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateEstablished 1923-03-02 ⓘ
designation U.S. National Monument ⓘ
earlierInhabitants Archaic peoples ⓘ
Basketmaker cultures ⓘ
ecosystem high desert ⓘ
elevation approximately 1,700 meters ⓘ
approximately 5,600 feet ⓘ
establishedBy Warren G. Harding ⓘ
surface form: President Warren G. Harding
features check dams and agricultural features ⓘ
dwellings built on canyon rims ⓘ
kivas ⓘ
multi-story stone towers ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter Square Tower Group visitor center ⓘ
knownFor prehistoric masonry structures ⓘ
remote canyons and mesas ⓘ
stone towers ⓘ
well-preserved ancestral Puebloan ruins ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
locatedInRegion southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: American Southwest
locatedOn Colorado Plateau ⓘ
managingAgency National Park Service ⓘ
nameMeaning “deserted valley” in Ute/Paiute language ⓘ
nearestCity Bluff, Utah ⓘ
Cortez, Colorado ⓘ
offers backcountry camping (limited, designated sites) ⓘ
cultural resource interpretation ⓘ
hiking trails ⓘ
partOf Four Corners region ⓘ
peakOccupationPeriod approximately AD 1200–1300 ⓘ
prehistoricInhabitants Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ
primaryCulture Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ
surface form: Ancestral Puebloan
state Colorado ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
timePeriodOfMajorOccupation approximately AD 500–1300 ⓘ

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Four Corners region → contains → Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
Ancestral Puebloans → majorSite → Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hovenweep
southwestern Colorado → contains → Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
subject surface form: Southwestern Colorado
this entity surface form: Hovenweep National Monument (Colorado portion)
San Juan County, Utah → containsProtectedArea → Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
Cortez, Colorado → hasNearbyAttraction → Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
Square Tower Group → locatedIn → Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
Holly Group → locatedIn → Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
Holly Group → partOf → Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hovenweep archaeological sites
Holly Group → partOf → Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hovenweep cultural landscape
Holly Group → partOf → Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hovenweep National Monument trail system
Hackberry Group → locatedIn → Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
Hackberry Group → associatedWith → Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hovenweep cultural landscape
Horseshoe Group → locatedIn → Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
Horseshoe Group → withinProtectedArea → Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
Cutthroat Castle Group → locatedIn → Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
Cutthroat Castle Group → associatedWith → Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hovenweep ruins
Cutthroat Castle Group → category → Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
Goodman Point Unit → partOf → Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
Goodman Point Unit → associatedWith → Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hovenweep cultural landscape
Square Tower Group visitor center → locatedIn → Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
Montezuma County, Colorado → contains → Hovenweep National Monument ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hovenweep National Monument (nearby region influence)