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[edit]Some of the sources in the article don't work so I'll find some sources that have that information to cover the broken sources or remove them.
The article needs a little bit more info on the Sinagua people, possibly in the intro or in the history section. I think that I'll add info on plants and animals that are found in or surrounding the monument, possibly make another section or subsection.
Additions
[edit]Add to the Intro section where it talks about the history of its name:
Having no connections to the Aztecs, the Montezuma Castle was given that name due to the fact that the public had this image of the Aztecs creating any archaeological site. [1]
Several Hopi clans and Yavapai communities trace their ancestries to early immigrants from the Montezuma Castle/Beaver Creek area. Clan members periodically return to these ancestral homes for religious ceremonies. Archaeological evidence proves that the Hohokam and Hakataya settled around or in the Verde Valley.[2]
Add to History section:
As a result of the very little human contact since the abandonment of the Sinagua people in 1425 AD, the Montezuma Castle remained well preserved.[2] Because of the rise in settlers, tourists and industries in or surrounding the Montezuma Castle, the monument and even Verde Valley have been threats to the preservation of the Montezuma Castle.[2]
Add to Montezuma Well section: or remove this section?
Montezuma Well, a natural limestone sinkhole, measuring approximately 100 by 120 yards, also containing Sinagua dwellings, was purchased by the federal government in 1947 and is considered a detached unit of Montezuma Castle National Monument. It is located about 5 miles north of the Castle near the town of Rimrock, Arizona, accessible from exits 293 and 298 off Interstate 17.[3]
Make a plants/animals at montezuma section:
Due to the lack of basic knowledge on the natural resources of the National Parks, the National Park Service created a program in order to record and identify any changes in the environment and its inhabitants.[4] The inventory of plants and animals of the Montezuma Castle were done between 1991 and 1994 by a collaborative project between researchers from Northern Arizona University and the United States Geological Survey. According to the United States Geological Survey, there have been about 784 species recorded at the Montezuma Castle National Monument. The species that were recorded vary from plants, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. From those 784 species recorded, only 11% of them were non-native. Some common species that inhabited The Montezuma Castle National Monument are bats, snakes, turtles, lizards, frogs, foxes, owls, mice and much more.[4]
Things to fix
[edit]Fix this on the Cliff Dwellings section:
The walls of Montezuma Castle are excellent examples of early stone-and-mortar masonry, constructed almost entirely from chunks of limestone found at the base of the cliff, as well as mud and/or clay from the creek bottom. I don't think the word excellent should be included because it makes it seem biased, the sentence will also be able to stand alone on itself without the word. This part could also be potentially moved to the beginning of the section.
Maybe fix this sentence a bit since it has no source, but I did find a source where it mentions it has five stories, but nothing on how tall it was: The precariousness of the dwelling's location and its immense scale - almost 4,000 square feet (370 m2) of floor space across five stories - suggest that the Sinagua were daring builders and skilled engineers. [5]
Fix source #6 > turn it into a reference instead without a link since the link doesn't exist
fix source #5 > change the source to [2] The main structure comprises five stories and twenty rooms, and was built over the course of three centuries. < change this as half of the information is incorrect. The Montezuma Castle was 5 stories tall but it had 45 to 60 rooms, not twenty.
Fix source #6
Things to remove
[edit]remove sources #8 #9 and #10 as they are broken/unreliable and the book title isn't complete, missing author, publisher, etc. also remove info that used those sources or find sources for that or similar information
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- ^ Reid, J. Jefferson; Whittlesey, Stephanie (1997). The Archaeology of Ancient Arizona. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. p. 225. ISBN 0816513805.
- ^ a b c d "A Past Preserved in Stone: A History of Montezuma Castle National Monument"" (PDF). Western National Parks Association.
- ^ "Bat Occurrence and Use of Archaeological Sites at Three National Monuments in Central Arizona" (PDF). Arizona-Nevada Academy of Sciences.
- ^ a b "Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Montezuma Castle National Monument" (PDF). United States Geological Survey and University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources.
- ^ Reid, J. Jefferson; Whittlesey, Stephanie (1997). "The Archaeology of Ancient Arizona". Tucson: University of Arizona Press. p. 225. ISBN 0816513805.