600 CE – 1300 CE · 2 sites
Continent Record
Oldest Complex in North America
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.
Country Record
Known by the Most Names in United States
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.
