Crow Canyon Archaeological District

For the teaching and research center in southwestern Colorado, see Crow Canyon Archaeological Center.

Crow Canyon Archeological District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
NM State Register of Cultural Properties
Rock art at Crow Canyon
Nearest city	Farmington, New Mexico
Coordinates	36°32′49″N 107°37′00″W
Area	3,200 acres (1,300 ha)
Architectural style	Hogans & Pueblitos
NRHP reference No.	74001200
NMSRCP No.	276
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 15, 1974
Designated NMSRCP	March 20, 1973

Crow Canyon Archaeological District is a historic site in Rio Arriba and San Juan counties in New Mexico, about 30 miles southeast of the city of Farmington. Located in Dinétah, the traditional homeland of the Navajo people, the site contains a variety of Navajo ruins and rock art from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. There are several large petroglyph panels which include both Navajo and Pueblo images, as well as a handful of Navajo defensive structures known as pueblitos which were built in the 18th century during a period of conflict with the Utes. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Crow Canyon Petroglyphs, photo from Historic American Buildings Survey

See also

• List of dwellings of Pueblo peoples
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
• National Register of Historic Places listings in San Juan County, New Mexico

External links

• Crow Canyon petroglyphs, 26 photographs from Historic American Buildings Survey
• Crow Canyon photographs, main panel area, 32 photographs, Summer, 2010