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 ⓘ