Aztec Ruins National Monument

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Aztec Ruins National Monument preserves structures and artifacts of Ancestral Pueblo people from the 1100's through 1200s. People associated with Chaco Canyon to the south built and used the structures, then people related to the Mesa Verde region to the north used the site in the 1200's.

The Aztec Ruins consist of a large prehistoric pueblo built by Anasazi people in the 12th Century. The monument includes a restored Great Kiva. Much of the Aztec Ruins collection is stored at the National Park Service Western Archeological and Conservation Center in Tucson, Arizona.