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Aztec Ruins National Monument
Plan Your Visit

Whether you are just passing through or have a couple hours to spend here, Aztec Ruins can provide visitors with a meaningful experience of an ancestral Pueblo site. Goods, services, and accommodations are located near Aztec Ruins in the cities of Aztec, Bloomfield, Farmington, and Durango. Click on the above links for more detailed information.

Core and veneer wall  

Did You Know?
In places the walls at Aztec Ruins are three feet thick, making them over twice as thick as Mesa Verde cliff dwelling architecture. Masons used the “core and veneer” style, laying a thick rubble core within a finely shaped stone veneer. This style is typical of Chaco Canyon "great house" sites.

Last Updated: January 12, 2007 at 16:53 EST