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Water flows under and through this landscape, feeding the growth of people and
towns. The Verde Valley is watered by snowmelt, summer monsoons, and springs
that well up from the ancient sedimentary rocks. In the heart of the valley, a
thousand years ago, people began to build a little hilltop pueblo that would
grow into one of the largest villages in the area.

Water flows under and through this landscape, feeding the growth of people and towns. The Verde Valley is watered by snowmelt, summer monsoons, and springs that well up from the ancient sedimentary rocks. In the heart of the valley, a thousand years ago, people began to build a little hilltop pueblo that would grow into one of the largest villages in the area.

Tuzigoot National Monument

A pueblo built by the Sinagua

Tuzigoot Pueblo

Rebuilt in the 1930s, this room at Tuzigoot would not originally have had a roof. Today, you can climb through the room to experience the landscape that surrounds this enduring Pueblo.

Inside Tuzigoot

Even central Arizona can get a lot of snow!  Check out the dwellings at Tuzigoot covered in a winter storm.

Tuzigoot with Snow!

Tuzigoot was built on a low hilltop in the Verde Valley. The Verde River and Black Hills provided a variety of resource areas for the Sinagua.

Tuzigoot with Black Hills

During the 1930s, when Tuzigoot was excavated, the procedure was to rebuild artifacts. These women were employed as part of the CCC to glue back together these large olla pots. Today we know that gluing them back together can actually damage the pots.

Tuzigoot Ollas

Tuzigoot Pueblo sits on a hilltop above an area perfect for farming. Tavasci Marsh provides water and other resources.

Tuzigoot with Tavasci Marsh

Established December 8, 1906, Montezuma Castle is the third National Monument
dedicated to preserving Native American culture. This 20 room high-rise
apartment, nestled into a towering limestone cliff, tells a story of
ingenuity, survival and ultimately, prosperity in an unforgiving desert
landscape.

Established December 8, 1906, Montezuma Castle is the third National Monument dedicated to preserving Native American culture. This 20 room high-rise apartment, nestled into a towering limestone cliff, tells a story of ingenuity, survival and ultimately, prosperity in an unforgiving desert landscape.

Montezuma Castle

Montezuma Castle was built in an alcove about 90 feet up a cliff. This protects the dwelling from flooding.

Montezuma Castle in the Cliff

Visitors to Montezuma Castle usually only get to see the dwelling from the outside.  This view shows what the Sinagua might have seen.

Window in Montezuma Castle

The Sinagua used space efficiently - here a storage room sits in a short cliff space below the main Castle.

Storage Room at Montezuma Castle

Montezuma Well provided a stable source of water to the Sinagua.

Montezuma Well

From the overlook, visitors can view some of the dwellings alongside Montezuma Well.

Red Rock

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