Wukoki and Wupatki National Monuments near Sunset Crater

Wukoki is Hopi for The Big House. It housed up to 3 prehistoric indian families. Pictured below is that structure in the Wupatki National Monument area. The specific site was occupied around 1120 AD.

Wukoki was not rebuilt but remorterd and capped

to deter erosion.

The Wukoki from another view

Yes, again the San Franciscan peaks

off in the distance from Wukoki.

The Wupatki ruins built by the Anasazi culture yet

furnished with Sinagua-style pottery, textiles and tools.

It was the Anasazi people who taught the Sinagua the rock

and mortar masonry technique to build these places.

Home ranged from one-story single family structures

to multi-level. This specific structure had about

100 rooms. The rooms are small generally in comparisonto today's room size.

This Wupatki Pueblo is about 2 miles from the

Wukoki structure.

03/23/2011