Ancestral Puebloan Timeline

600 CE – 1300 CE · 2 sites

All sites in this period

Continent Record

Oldest Complex in North America

Mesa Verde

600 CE – 1300 CE

Mesa Verde, in Colorado, USA, preserves elaborate cliff dwellings built by the Ancestral Pueblo people between 1190 and 1280 CE, reflecting a sophisticated pre-Columbian society.

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Aerial view of Pueblo Bonito, the largest great house at Chaco Canyon

Country Record

Known by the Most Names in United States

Chaco Canyon

850 CE – 1150 CE

The ceremonial and architectural center of Ancestral Puebloan civilization between 850 and 1150 CE — Pueblo Bonito, with 650 rooms and 40 kivas, was the largest building in North America for six hundred years, aligned precisely with solar and lunar cycles.

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