Frances Canyon Ruin

	Frances Canyon Ruin; and Boundary Increase (LA 2135)
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Southeastern side of the ruin
Nearest city	Blanco, New Mexico
Coordinates	36°45′53″N 107°29′52″W / 36.76472°N 107.49778°W
Area	2.5 acres (1.0 ha) (original); 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) (increase)
Built	1716
MPS	Navajo-Refugee Pueblo TR (AD) [original]; Navajo-Refugee Pueblo TR (increase)
NRHP reference No.	70000404 (original); 87000244 (increase)
Added to NRHP	September 4, 1970 (original); January 21, 1987 (increase)

The Frances Canyon Ruin is a Navajo pueblito near Blanco in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. Built ca. 1716,^[1] it reflects economic and social changes taking place among the Navajo of this area during the 18th century. In the previous century the Spanish introduced sheep, fruit, cattle, and horses into the area. This, along with the Navajo's adaptation of certain pueblo lifeways after the Pueblo Revolt (1680-1692), led to increased settlement size and new trade relations. This site can be contrasted with modern Navajo communities which consist of clusters of hogans, widely dispersed with a trade system based on scattered trading posts and the motor vehicle.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

External links

"Frances Canyon Ruin" (Map). Farmington, New Mexico Convention and Visitor's Bureau. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
"Frances Canyon Ruin" (Pictures). Farmington Convention and Visitors Bureau. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
"Defensive Sites of Dinétah". U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Retrieved 2013-02-23.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

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