Box Canyon dwellings

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Box Canyon dwellings are ancient Native American cliff and masonry structures built by ancestral Puebloan peoples within what is now Wupatki National Monument in northern Arizona.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site
cliff dwelling
masonry pueblo
accessibleFor archaeological research
approximateDateRange circa 1100–1250 CE
associatedWithCulture Anasazi (archaeological term)
linked to: Ancestral Puebloans

Ancestral Puebloans
builtBy ancestral Puebloan peoples
country United States
hasArchaeologicalPeriod Pueblo II period
Pueblo III period
hasConstructionType cliff alcove structures
stone masonry
hasFeature adjacent open plazas or terraces
defensive or strategic location in canyon
multi-room masonry rooms
rooms built into cliff faces
hasMaterial local sandstone
mud mortar
heritageDesignation part of a U.S. National Monument
locatedIn Coconino County, Arizona
Wupatki National Monument
northern Arizona
managedBy U.S. National Park Service
partOf Wupatki Puebloan cultural landscape
significance evidence of ancestral Puebloan settlement in the Wupatki area
example of cliff and masonry architecture in northern Arizona
subjectOf studies of Puebloan migration and settlement patterns
usedFor community activities
food storage
residential occupation
withinProtectedArea Wupatki National Monument

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Wupatki National Monument contains Box Canyon dwellings