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 National Monument

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