Hungo Pavi

A color picture of a large masonry ruin
Hungo Pavi

Hungo Pavi is an Ancestral Puebloan great house and archaeological site located in Chaco Canyon, northwestern New Mexico, United States. A set of ruins located just 1 mile (2 km) from the ruins of Una Vida, Hungo Pavi measured 872 feet (266 m) in circumference. Initial explorations revealed 72 ground-level rooms,[1] with structures reaching four stories in height. One large circular kiva has been identified. Its ruins now lie within Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

Citations

  1. Fagan 2005, p. 26.

References

  • Fagan, Brian (2005). Chaco Canyon: Archaeologists Explore the Lives of an Ancient Society. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195170436. 

Coordinates: 36°03′00″N 107°55′48″W / 36.05000°N 107.93000°W / 36.05000; -107.93000


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