Table of Contents
Introduction vii
Using This Guide xi
Part 1 The Tour 1
Day 1 2
1 Acoma, New Mexico 4
Day 2 10
2 El Morro National Monument, New Mexico 12
Inscription Rock Trail
A'ts'ina Ruins
Mesa Loop Trail
3 Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona 22
Puerco Pueblo
Agate House
Nearby: Casamero Pueblo
Bandera Crater and Ice Cave
Zuni Pueblo
Day 3 38
4 Wupatki National Monument, Arizona 40
Wukoki
Wupatki
Citadel and Nalakihu
Box Canyon
Lomaki
Adjacent: Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Nearby: Canyon de Chelly
Homolovi Ruins State Park
Day 4 70
5 Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona 72
South Rim
Tusayan Ruins
The Grandview Trail
North Rim
Day 5 86
6 Pipe Springs National Monument, Arizona 89
7 Red Cliffs Archaeological Sit, Utah 91
Day 6 94
8 Zion National Park, Utah 97
Riverside Walk Trail
Weeping Rock
Emerald Pools Trail
Archaeological Trail
Canyon Overlook Trail
Checkerboard Mesa
Nearby: Parawon Gap Petroglyphs
Cedar Breaks National Monument
Day 7 116
9 Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah 119
Navajo Loop Trail
Bristlecone Loop Trail
Nearby: Kodachrome Basin State Park
Day 8 130
10 Anasazi State Park, Utah 132
11 Goblin Valley State Park, Utah 139
Nearby: Capitol Reef National Park
Day 9 154
12 Arches National Park, Utah 156
Balanced Rock
Delicate Arch
Windows Section
Fiery Furnace
Devils Garden
13 Newspaper Rock, Utah 175
Nearby: Sego Canyon Petroglyphs
Canyonlands National Park
Day 10 184
14 Edge of the Cedars State Park, Utah 186
15 Hovenweep National Monument, Utah/Colorado 195
Square Tower
Holly
Horseshoe
Hackberry
Cutthroat
Cajon
Day 11 234
16 Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 237
Cliff Palace
Ruins Road
Chapin Mesa Museum
Spruce Tree House
Far View Community
Balcony House
Cedar Tree
Wetherill Mesa
Step House
Long House
Badger House Community
Day 12 290
17 Lowry Pueblo, Colorado 292
18 Anasazi Heritage Center, Colorado 296
Dominguez Ruins
Escalante Ruins
19 Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico 300
Nearby: Chimney Rock
Day 13 320
20 Chaco Canyon National Historical Park, New Mexico 322
Una Vida
Pueblo Bonito
Chetro Ketl
Pueblo del Arroyo
Kin Kletso
Casa Rinconada
Hungo Pavi
Nearby: Pueblo Pintado
Salmon Ruins
Day 14 378
21 Coronado State Historic Park, New Mexico 380
Nearby: Jemez State Historic Park - Petroglyph National Monument
Albuquerque
Part 2 Background 394
Timeline for the Ancestral Puebloans 396
History of Native American Occupation in the Southwest 401
Glossary 450
Bibliography 454
Index 458