Hovenweep National Monument
National Register of Historic Places

Hovenweep National Monument

Cortez, Montezuma County, Colorado
Listed
October 14, 1966
Type
District
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
66000250

About this property

Hovenweep National Monument is located on land in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah, between Cortez, Colorado and Blanding, Utah on the Cajon Mesa of the Great Sage Plain. Shallow tributaries run through the wide and deep canyons into the San Juan River. Although Hovenweep National Monument is largely known for the six groups of Ancestral Puebloan villages and its kiva, there is evidence of occupation by hunter-gatherers from 8,000 to 6,000 B.C. until about AD 200. Later, a succession of early puebloan cultures settled in the area and remained until the 14th century. Hovenweep became a National Monument in 1923 and is administered by the National Park Service. In July 2014, the International Dark-Sky Association designated Hovenweep an International Dark Sky Park.

Location

Cortez, Montezuma County, Colorado
37.44325, -108.98245

Categories

HISTORIC - ABORIGINALNATIVE AMERICAN
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Sources

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When was Hovenweep National Monument listed on the National Register?

Hovenweep National Monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 14, 1966.

What type of historic resource is Hovenweep National Monument?

Hovenweep National Monument is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Hovenweep National Monument is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1923.

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