Serpents Quarters Pueblo, Approximately 2 miles north of County Road G, Cortez, Montezuma County, CO
Summary
Significance: Located in the Four Corners area of the desert southwest, Serpents Quarters exemplifies a canyon habitation of the ancestral Puebloan McElmo cultural pattern of the later part of Great Pueblo period of prehistory that flourished in this region until the 1270s. The site is located within the Sand Canyon National Register Archaeological District and is a cliff dwelling that contains habitation and storage rooms, a typical small subterranean kiva, a tower, and rock art. The outstanding features at the site includes two-story walls, beam sockets, and extant wall plaster with painted designs.
Survey number: HABS CO-204
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 05000138
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Tags
pueblos
indians of north america
kivas
rock art
archaeological sites
cliff dwellings
colorado
serpents
quarters
pueblo
serpents quarters pueblo
miles
county road g
cortez
montezuma
montezuma county
american indians
adam bendele
bureau of land management
canyons of the ancients national monument
university of colorado at denver college of architecture and planning
historic american buildings survey
thomas g keohan
mark sullivan
luis h summers
photo
library of congress
national register of historic places
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Keohan, Thomas G., project manager
College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado at Denver
Summers, Luis H., project manager
Sullivan, Mark, delineator
Bendele, Adam, delineator
Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, Bureau of Land Management
Location
colorado
,
37.33676, -108.80073
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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