Hawikuh Ruins

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Hawikuh Ruins is a National Historic Landmark located 12 miles southwest of Zuni, New Mexico, New Mexico, on the Zuni Indian Reservation.

Hawikuh was the largest of the Zuni pueblos and founded in the 1200s. It was the first one to be seen by Spanish explorers. Coronado conquered the pueblo in 1540 thinking it was one of Seven Cities of Cibola, a fabled city of gold. In 1680 a mission called La Purisima Concepcíón was established and then destroyed during the Great Pueblo Revolt when the pueblos rose against the Spanish. After this event, Hawikuah was permanently abandoned.

[edit] See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks by state

[edit] External links

• Site by the National Park Service
• Site by Center for Desert Archeology
• The Battle of Hawikuh at Cibola

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