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The Aztec Ruins National Monument preserves ancestral Pueblo
Pueblo

Pueblos are traditional communities of Native Americans in the United States in the southwestern United States of America. The communities are recognized worldwide for their adobe buildings, which are sometimes called "pueblos"....
 structures in north-western New Mexico
New Mexico

New Mexico is a U. S. State located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. Inhabited by Native Americans in the United States populations for many centuries, it has also has been part of the Spanish Empire viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S....
, United States, located close to the town of Aztec
Aztec, New Mexico

Aztec is a city in San Juan County, New Mexico, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Farmington, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area....
 and northeast of Farmington
Farmington, New Mexico

Farmington is a city in San Juan County, New Mexico, New Mexico, United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city had a total population of 37,844....
, near the Animas River
Animas River

The Animas River is a river in the western United States, a tributary of the San Juan River , part of the Colorado River. The Spanish people named the river "Rio de las Animas Perdidas", "River of the Lost Souls"....
. Salmon Ruins
Salmon Ruins

Salmon Ruins is a site in the far northwest of the United States state of New Mexico hosting a Chacoan civilization Anasazi great house built between approximately 1088 AD and 1100 AD....
 and Heritage Park, with more ancestral Pueblo structures, lies a short distance to the south, just west of Bloomfield
Bloomfield, New Mexico

Bloomfield is a city in San Juan County, New Mexico, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Farmington, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area....
 and near the San Juan River.

The buildings date back to the 11th to 13th centuries, and the misnomer attributing them to the Aztec
Aztec

Aztec is a term used to refer to certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl and who achieved political and military dominance over large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period referred to as the Late post-Classic period in Mesoamerican chronology....
 civilization can be traced back to early American settlers in the mid-19th century.

The site was declared "Aztec Ruin National Monument
U.S. National Monument

A National Monument in the United States is a protected area that is similar to a United States Park Service except that the President of the United States can quickly declare an area of the United States to be a National Monument without the approval of United States Congress....
" on January 24, 1923, and with a boundary change it was renamed "Ruins" on July 2, 1928.






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The Aztec Ruins National Monument preserves ancestral Pueblo
Pueblo

Pueblos are traditional communities of Native Americans in the United States in the southwestern United States of America. The communities are recognized worldwide for their adobe buildings, which are sometimes called "pueblos"....
 structures in north-western New Mexico
New Mexico

New Mexico is a U. S. State located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. Inhabited by Native Americans in the United States populations for many centuries, it has also has been part of the Spanish Empire viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S....
, United States, located close to the town of Aztec
Aztec, New Mexico

Aztec is a city in San Juan County, New Mexico, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Farmington, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area....
 and northeast of Farmington
Farmington, New Mexico

Farmington is a city in San Juan County, New Mexico, New Mexico, United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city had a total population of 37,844....
, near the Animas River
Animas River

The Animas River is a river in the western United States, a tributary of the San Juan River , part of the Colorado River. The Spanish people named the river "Rio de las Animas Perdidas", "River of the Lost Souls"....
. Salmon Ruins
Salmon Ruins

Salmon Ruins is a site in the far northwest of the United States state of New Mexico hosting a Chacoan civilization Anasazi great house built between approximately 1088 AD and 1100 AD....
 and Heritage Park, with more ancestral Pueblo structures, lies a short distance to the south, just west of Bloomfield
Bloomfield, New Mexico

Bloomfield is a city in San Juan County, New Mexico, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Farmington, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area....
 and near the San Juan River.

The buildings date back to the 11th to 13th centuries, and the misnomer attributing them to the Aztec
Aztec

Aztec is a term used to refer to certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl and who achieved political and military dominance over large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period referred to as the Late post-Classic period in Mesoamerican chronology....
 civilization can be traced back to early American settlers in the mid-19th century.

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The site was declared "Aztec Ruin National Monument
U.S. National Monument

A National Monument in the United States is a protected area that is similar to a United States Park Service except that the President of the United States can quickly declare an area of the United States to be a National Monument without the approval of United States Congress....
" on January 24, 1923, and with a boundary change it was renamed "Ruins" on July 2, 1928. As an historical property of the National Park Service
National Park Service

The National Park Service is the List of United States federal agencies that manages all List of areas in the United States National Park System, many U.S....
 the National Monument was administratively listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation....
 on October 15, 1966. Aztec Ruins was added to the UNESCO
UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on 16 November 1945....
 list of World Heritage Sites, as part of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Chaco Culture National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park and it is a portion of a UNESCO World Heritage Site hosting the densest and most exceptional concentration of pueblos in the American Southwest....
, on December 8, 1987.

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