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Aztec Ruins National Monument
History & Culture
Cover of administrative history

Aztec Ruins National Monument Administrative History of an Archeological Preserve
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Click the above link to read the following chapters:

The chapters include:
1 An Anasazi Village Misnamed Aztec
2 Earl Halstead Morris And The Aztec Ruins
3 Peeling Away Prehistory
4 A House In Ruins
5 A National Monument, Stillborn
6 The Decade Of Dissention, 1923-1933The 
7 The Great Depression & Capital     
  Improvements
8 Miller Administration, 1937-1944
9 Satellite Attractions
10 The Mission of Mission 66 
11 The Last Quarter Century And Beyond
12 Stabilization: The High Cost Of Water
13 Specimen Collections: Recent 
  Assessments And Their Significance For  
  Future Research

Corner doorway at Aztec West  

Did You Know?
Doorways through corner room joints are not structurally sound. Yet, three North-facing corner doors at Aztec Ruins have stood for over 800 years. Why did ancient builders include these features in their design?

Last Updated: April 16, 2008 at 20:34 EST