Tuzigoot National Monument
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| Tuzigoot National Monument | |
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| IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape) | |
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| Location: | Yavapai County, Arizona, USA |
| Nearest city: | Flagstaff, Arizona |
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| Area: | 800.62 acres (3.24 km²) |
| Established: | July 25, 1939 |
| Visitation: | 108,262 (in 2005) |
| Governing body: | National Park Service |
Tuzigoot National Monument near Camp Verde, Arizona, preserves a 2 to 3 story pueblo on the summit of a limestone and sandstone ridge east of Clarkdale, Arizona, 120 feet (36 meters) above the Verde River floodplain. The current federal site is 57.78 acres (0.23 km²), within an authorized boundary of 800.62 acres (3.24 km²).
Tuzigoot is Apache for "crooked water". Historically, it was built by the Sinagua between 1125 and 1400 CE.
The museum and site were donated by citizen activists to the government on July 25, 1939, and designated as a U.S. National Monument by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Tuzigoot National Monument Archeological District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.
[edit] Gallery
 The Tower. |
 Tuzigoot from valley below. |
 Tuzigoot from sidewalk. |
 Closeup of walls. |
[edit] References
- The National Parks: Index 2001–2003. Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior.
[edit] External link
- Official NPS website: Tuzigoot National Monument
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