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Hovenweep National Monument (1671)

nobody@ipernity.com (Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)) — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 07:50:23 +0000

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Fellow explorer, coming out of the canyon on the trail at the Square Towers group. Though clear it was quite cold that morning, with temperatures around freezing and moderate winds.

Hovenweep National Monument (1670)

nobody@ipernity.com (Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)) — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 07:50:04 +0000

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Looking up from inside the canyon.

Hovenweep National Monument (1669)

nobody@ipernity.com (Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)) — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 07:49:44 +0000

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Looking up from inside the canyon.

Hovenweep National Monument (1662)

nobody@ipernity.com (Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)) — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 07:49:25 +0000

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The head of the Sleeping Ute, with a tower in the foreground

Hovenweep National Monument (1660)

nobody@ipernity.com (Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)) — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 07:49:00 +0000

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Structures around the small canyon that are considered to be part of the Square Tower group. See #1649 for comments on the Hovenweep monument.

Hovenweep National Monument Sleeping Ute (1659)

nobody@ipernity.com (Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)) — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 07:48:42 +0000

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Sleeping Ute mountain(s), so named because the mountains are said to resemble a Ute chief sleeping on his back with hands folded on his chest (see Wikipedia link). The mountain range, across the state border in Colorado, is considered sacred. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ute_Mountain

Hovenweep National Monument (1658)

nobody@ipernity.com (Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)) — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 07:48:20 +0000

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Structures around the small canyon that are considered to be part of the Square Tower group. See #1649 for comments on the Hovenweep monument.

Hovenweep National Monument (1657)

nobody@ipernity.com (Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)) — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 06:01:11 +0000

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While this may not look impressive, it might be! There is documentation suggesting that the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp of the New Deal) was active at Hovenweep, but I could find no specifics. One thing, though, that CCC workers made in most parks was benches that were similar to this in style.

Hovenweep National Monument (1655)

nobody@ipernity.com (Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)) — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 06:00:02 +0000

Don Barrett (aka DBs travels) has posted:

Structures around the small canyon that are considered to be part of the Square Tower group. See #1649 for comments on the Hovenweep monument.

Hovenweep National Monument (1656)

nobody@ipernity.com (Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)) — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 05:58:52 +0000

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The square tower of the Square Tower group. See #1649 for comments on the Hovenweep monument.

Hovenweep National Monument (1654)

nobody@ipernity.com (Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)) — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 05:58:09 +0000

Don Barrett (aka DBs travels) has posted:

Structures around the small canyon that are considered to be part of the Square Tower group. See #1649 for comments on the Hovenweep monument.

Hovenweep National Monument (1651)

nobody@ipernity.com (Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)) — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 05:57:19 +0000

Don Barrett (aka DBs travels) has posted:

Structures around the small canyon that are considered to be part of the Square Tower group. See #1649 for comments on the Hovenweep monument.

Hovenweep National Monument (1647)

nobody@ipernity.com (Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)) — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 05:56:31 +0000

Don Barrett (aka DBs travels) has posted:

Structures around the small canyon that are considered to be part of the Square Tower group. See #1649 for comments on the Hovenweep monument.

Hovenweep National Monument (1649)

nobody@ipernity.com (Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)) — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 05:55:19 +0000

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Hovenweep National Monument is probably my favorite of the Native American ruins. Like Walnut Canyon (see earlier pictures of this trip), it has a 2 mile loop around multiple structures and no one structure dominates, thus it has the feel of having once been a fairly active village. Unlike the other collections of structures in the area, this is not very visited, thus it is easy to spend time on the trail reflecting on what life was once like here. Per the park service, the structures were built between 1200 and 1300 AD (CE). What is seen in these pictures is structures in the Square Tower group, there are five other prehistoric villages around Hovenweep, but all of those are on unpaved roads and are less accessible

Wupatki Nat Mon & Kachina Peaks (1636)

nobody@ipernity.com (Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)) — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:11:06 +0000

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Kachina Peaks, which are just north of Flagstaff, from Wupatki National Monument.

Wupatki Nat Mon Citadel ruins (1635)

nobody@ipernity.com (Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)) — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:10:39 +0000

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The Citadel ruins consist of a relatively small set of ruins below what was apparently a Citadel. Unfortunately we were running out of time and couldn't explore them.

Wupatki Nat Mon Citadel ruins (1634)

nobody@ipernity.com (Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)) — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:10:21 +0000

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Citadel ruins with Kachina Peaks in the distance.

Wupatki Nat Mon Citadel ruins (1633)

nobody@ipernity.com (Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)) — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:10:04 +0000

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Something rarely seen in the open spaces around Wupatki, a deciduous tree; the other trees are most likely junipers. Looking east from the Citadel ruins.

Wupatki Nat Mon Citadel ruins (1630)

nobody@ipernity.com (Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)) — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:09:46 +0000

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Looking east across the grasslands, from the Citadel ruins at Wupatki.

Wupatki Nat Mon Wupatki ruins (1625)

nobody@ipernity.com (Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)) — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 09:18:48 +0000

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The ceremonial circle at Wupatki. Didn't know the person in the circle, but she said it was okay to use her picture to illustrate the size of the circle.