Awatovi Ruins
National Historic Landmark

Awatovi Ruins

Keams Canyon, Navajo County, Arizona
Listed
October 14, 1966
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
66000187

About this property

The Awatovi Ruins, spelled Awat'ovi in recent literature, are an archaeological site on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona, United States. The site contains the ruins of a pueblo estimated to be 500 years old, as well as those of a 17th-century Spanish mission. It was visited in the 16th century by members of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado's exploratory expedition. In the 1930s, Hopi artist Fred Kabotie was commissioned by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of Harvard University to reproduce the prehistoric murals found during the excavation of the Awatovi Ruins. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. The site has been studied, and now even the campsite of the archeologists is itself of archeological interest: the Awatovi Expedition of the Peabody Museum campsite is itself deemed an archeological site worthy of further study.

Location

Keams Canyon, Navajo County, Arizona

Categories

PREHISTORICHISTORIC - ABORIGINALAGRICULTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Questions about this property

When was Awatovi Ruins listed on the National Register?

Awatovi Ruins was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 14, 1966.

What type of historic resource is Awatovi Ruins?

Awatovi Ruins is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

Is Awatovi Ruins a National Historic Landmark?

Yes. Awatovi Ruins has been designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL), the highest level of federal recognition for historic properties in the United States.

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