Tuzigoot National Monument
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IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
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| Location | Yavapai County, Arizona, USA |
| Nearest city | Flagstaff, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 34°46′15″N 112°01′34″W / 34.7708537°N 112.0259912°WCoordinates: 34°46′15″N 112°01′34″W / 34.7708537°N 112.0259912°W |
| Area | 811.89 acres (328.56 ha)[1] |
| Established | July 25, 1939 |
| Visitors | 103,274 (in 2010)[2] |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
Tuzigoot National Monument (Western Apache: Tú Digiz) preserves a 2 to 3 story pueblo ruin on the summit of a limestone and sandstone ridge just east of Clarkdale, Arizona, 120 feet (36 m) above the Verde River floodplain. The pueblo has 110 rooms.[3] The National Park Service currently owns 58 acres (230,000 m2), within an authorized boundary of 834 acres (3.38 km2).[4]
Tuzigoot is Apache for "crooked water", from nearby Peck's Lake, a cutoff meander of the Verde River. Historically, it was built by the Sinagua people between 1125 and 1400 CE. Tuzigoot is the largest and best-preserved of the many Sinagua pueblo ruins in the Verde Valley. The ruins at Tuzigoot incorporate very few doors. Instead they use trapdoor type openings in the roofs, and use ladders to enter each room.
The monument is located on land once owned by United Verde/Phelps Dodge. The corporation sold the site to Yavapai County for $1, so that the excavation could be completed under the auspices of federal relief projects. The County in turn transferred the land to the Federal Government.[5]
Tuzigoot was excavated from 1933 to 1935 by Louis Caywood and Edward Spicer of the University of Arizona, with funding from the federal Civil Works Administration and Works Project Administration. In 1935–1936, with additional federal funding, the ruins were prepared for public display, and a Pueblo Revival-style museum and visitor center was constructed.
Franklin D. Roosevelt designated Tuzigoot Ruins as a U.S. National Monument on July 25, 1939.[6] The Tuzigoot National Monument Archeological District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.[7][8]
The ruins are surrounded by the tailings pond of the former United Verde copper mine at Jerome. The tailings have recently been stabilized and revegetated.[9]
[edit] Gallery
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Tuzigoot National Monument
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Tuzigoot from valley below.
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Tuzigoot, viewed from across the old tailings pond, 1945
[edit] References
- ^ "Listing of acreage as of 12/31/2010". Public Use Statistic Office, National Park Service. http://www.nature.nps.gov/stats/Acreage/acrebypark10cy.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
- ^ "Five Year Annual Recreation Visits Report". Public Use Statistic Office, National Park Service. http://www.nature.nps.gov/stats/viewReport.cfm?selectedReport=SystemComparisonReport.cfm. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
- ^ "Tuzigoot History & Culture". National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/tuzi/historyculture/index.htm.
- ^ "Tuzigoot Nature & Science". National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/tuzi/naturescience/index.htm.
- ^ "Tuzigoot National Monument". Yavapai Heritage Roundup. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20070928071549/http://www.sharlot.org/roundup/artifacts/TNM.shtml.
- ^ "Tuzigoot Celebrates Its 70th Birthday". National Park Service. July 16, 2009. http://www.nps.gov/tuzi/parknews/upload/Tuzigoot%27s%2070th%20Birthday,%207-25-09.pdf.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 15, 1966. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreghome.do?searchtype=natreghome.
- ^ Kaiser, Harvey H. (2003). An Architectural Guide to the Southwest National Parks. Salt Lake City: Gibbs-Smith. ISBN 1-58685-068-7.
- ^ "Tailings soon a thing of the past". Verde Independent. 2006-06-14. Archived from the original on 2007-08-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20070806020321/http://verdeindependent.1upsoftware.com/main.asp?SectionID=19&SubSectionID=23&ArticleID=19714&TM=25885.79.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tuzigoot National Monument |
- "Tuzigoot National Monument". National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/tuzi/.
- "Tuzigoot National Monument, Arizona". Archeology Program. National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/archeology/sites/antiquities/profileTuzigoot.htm.
- "Tuzigoot National Monument". National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary. National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/amsw/sw17.htm.
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- IUCN Category V
- 1939 establishments
- Archaeological sites in Arizona
- Native American history of Arizona
- National Park Service National Monuments in Arizona
- Native American archeology
- Native American museums in Arizona
- Parks in Arizona
- Ruins in the United States
- Protected areas of Yavapai County, Arizona
- Museums in Yavapai County, Arizona
- Former populated places in Arizona
- Protected areas of the Sonoran Desert
