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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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