Aztec West Audio Tour: The Understanding

Farming was a way of life for ancestral Pueblo people in the Four Corners region.

Larry Eifert

The trail through the Aztec West great house is 0.5 mile in length and requires about 40 minutes to complete using the audio tour. Most of the trail is paved and accessible to wheelchairs, with some steps and low doorways. Wheelchairs are available at the visitor center to borrow upon request.

• The Understanding

  
  

  The fifth cultural story on the Aztec West self-guided audio tour.
  Audio Transcript

  The Understanding. This place was one of many in this valley. It was common for many small communal villages to be built first. In time, one rooted itself and became a central village by virtue of its people, trade, and ceremonial activity. This Place by Flowing Waters was destined to become such a Mother Pueblo because of its special spirit. Here you are retracing part of a mythic journey. At each stop, you glimpse a part of the spirit of this place and the life and being of the People who lived here.