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Cave dwellings not sized for a zrim
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  • By zrim on August 9, 2003
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    Not sure I could squeeze through the entryway even if someone tried to help me with a crowbar. The dwellings have low ceilings and are quite cramped. But I imagine that the occupants had a sense of security knowing that they were all but immune from a sneak attack.

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    The Anasazi Caves
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  • By shrimp56 on September 6, 2004
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    One of the caves that the Anasazi enlarged into a living space. The walls were plastered with clay. In many cases the caves were the back rooms for houses built in front of the caves made from talus, or rock debris, found at the base of the canyon walls. No one really knows why the Anasazi abandoned their settlement here, but the suspicion is that they may have depleted the soil and the hunting in the canyon.

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    Remains of the pueblo
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    The Anasazi were obviously comfortable with the notion of communal living. The foundations remain of this large two story pueblo that is estimated to have housed one hunderd Anasazi. Living in such cramped close quarters must have been a challenge. The Anasazi must have been an eaygoing lot to have withstood living in the cramped quarters of the pueblo with a hundred friends, relatives and neighbors.

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    Hundreds of cliff dwellings
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    The pock-marked north wall of Frijoles Canyon was the site of a few hundred cliff dwelling running a length of over a mile. The Anasazi village was considerable and would have been an important trading center in the desert southwest.

    The ocupants of this village would have been farmers as well as hunters and gatherers. The Anasazi were known for their adept ways of making baskets. The Anasazi who lived at Frijoles Canyon probably were part of a village system that may have been centered around Chaco Canyon to the west.

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    The sheer cliffs of Frijoles Canyon
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    The soft volcanic rock cliffs of Frijoles Canyon attracted the cliff dwelling Anasazi people. The Anasazi made this canyon their home between in the rough time frame of 1000-1500 AD. The Anasazi used tools to expand the pock marked cliffs into caves of suitable dimensions for living quarters. Some 800 years ago the village expanded to the point where the Anasazi constructed a large two story pueblo on the canyon floor that housed about 100 people. Around the year 1500 the Anasazi deserted the canyon, the publo and the cliff homes and never returned.

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    A view of the Tyounyi pueblo from the cliffs
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  • By shrimp56 on September 6, 2004
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    A view of the Tyounyi pueblo from the cliffs. The outline of the large central plaza is clearly visible. It's easy to walk through the plaza and not a difficult climb to view the cave dwellings, but there are more difficult hikes available for those who are interested. You can get maps at the entrance.

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    The ladders to the Ceremonial Cave
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    The first of four ladders leading to the Ceremonial Cave high up in the cliff. I must confess that I only made it halfway up the second ladder before quitting:(
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    One of the most pleasant aspects of visiting Bandelier is walking though the woods in the canyon. There are also many longer trails beyond the archeological "loop."

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    Tyuonyi Pueblo
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    While Bandelier is best known for the cave dwellings in the cliffs, there was also the Tyuonyi Pueblo in the canyon itself. The pueblo formed a circle with a large public plaza at the center. The canyon was first shown to the anthroplogist Adolph Bandelier in 1880 by people from the nearby Cochiti Pueblo. They told him that the people who had lived here [from about 600 A.D.to 1600 A.D.] were their ancestors .

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    Ceremonial Cave
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    Ceremonial Cave is at the far end of the Frijoles Canyon trail high in the cliff wall. In order to get to it, you need to climb four steep log ladders. Once inside, there's a small kiva and the ruins of a habitation area towards the rear.

    Bandelier National Monument has over 70 miles of trails; there is a small museum at the visitor center.

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  • Phone: (505) 672-0343
  • Website: www.nps.gov/band

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    Tyunonyi Ruins
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    This is the largest ruin in Bandelier National Park, lying to the south of the main trail in Frijoles Canyon (a short walk from the visitor center). The circular Anasazi farming village of 300 rooms was occupied from the 1100s to the 1400s.

    OPEN: Summer, daily 8-6
    Spring & Fall, daily 8-5:30
    Winter, daiily 8-4:30

    ADMISSION: $10 per vehicle (good for 7 days)

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  • Phone: (505) 672-0343
  • Directions: from Santa Fe, go north on US Highway 285/84, west on NM 502, south on NM 501 (W. Jemez Road) to a "T" junction with NM 4; turn left (east) and drive 6 miles to the monument's entrance
  • Website: www.nps.gov/band

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