Pueblo Bonito

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Pueblo Bonito is a large, multi-storied ancient great house in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, renowned as one of the most important and impressive archaeological sites of the Ancestral Puebloan culture.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Pueblo Bonito canonical 9
Great House Pueblo 1
Pueblo Bonito ruin 1

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Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancestral Puebloan great house ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
ruin ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pueblo Bonito great house ⓘ
Pueblo Bonito ruin ⓘ
linked to: Pueblo Bonito
connectedBy Chacoan roads ⓘ
linked to: Chaco Phenomenon
constructedFrom mortar ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
wooden beams ⓘ
culture Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ
dateOfConstructionEnd circa 1126 CE ⓘ
dateOfConstructionStart circa 828 CE ⓘ
excavatedBy George H. Pepper ⓘ
Richard Wetherill ⓘ
floorArea approximately 2 acres ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Ancestral Puebloan architecture ⓘ
Chacoan masonry ⓘ
hasFeature D‑shaped layout ⓘ
ceremonial spaces ⓘ
great kivas ⓘ
multi‑storied room blocks ⓘ
plazas ⓘ
hasFunction administrative center ⓘ
ceremonial center ⓘ
regional hub in Chacoan network ⓘ
residential complex ⓘ
hasMaximumStories four or more stories ⓘ
hasNotableFind burial crypts ⓘ
cylinder jars ⓘ
shell jewelry ⓘ
turquoise artifacts ⓘ
hasNumberOfKivas more than 30 ⓘ
hasNumberOfRooms approximately 650 ⓘ
hasOrientation roughly north–south axis ⓘ
hasShape D‑shaped ground plan ⓘ
locatedIn Chaco Canyon ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
San Juan County, New Mexico ⓘ
United States ⓘ
majorExcavationPeriod 1896–1900 ⓘ
managedBy U.S. National Park Service ⓘ
near Casa Rinconada ⓘ
Chetro Ketl ⓘ
Pueblo del Arroyo ⓘ
partOf Chaco Culture National Historical Park ⓘ
Chaco Culture UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
Chacoan great house system ⓘ
linked to: Chaco Phenomenon
period Pueblo I period ⓘ
Pueblo II period ⓘ
Pueblo III period ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the largest Ancestral Puebloan great houses ⓘ
one of the most studied sites in the American Southwest ⓘ
significance important example of pre‑Columbian monumental architecture in North America ⓘ
key site for understanding Chacoan social and political organization ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus within Chaco Culture National Historical Park inscription ⓘ
usedUntil late 12th century CE ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ancestral Puebloans → majorSite → Pueblo Bonito ⓘ
Pueblo Bonito → alsoKnownAs → Pueblo Bonito ruin ⓘ
linked to: Pueblo Bonito
Chetro Ketl → nearby → Pueblo Bonito ⓘ
Casa Rinconada → hasNearbyFeature → Pueblo Bonito ⓘ
Pueblo del Arroyo → locatedNear → Pueblo Bonito ⓘ
Kin Kletso → locatedNear → Pueblo Bonito ⓘ
Hungo Pavi → nearbySite → Pueblo Bonito ⓘ
Chimney Rock National Monument → hasFeature → Great House Pueblo ⓘ
linked to: Pueblo Bonito
Chaco Phenomenon → hasAssociatedSite → Pueblo Bonito ⓘ
Chapin Mesa → hasArchaeologicalPeriod → Pueblo II ⓘ
linked to: Pueblo Bonito