Puerco Pueblo
Puerco Ruin and Petroglyphs are the ruins of a large Indian pueblo, which reached its peak around 1300 CE, containing over 100 rooms. It is the largest known archeological site within the Petrified Forest National Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: USA NRHP Anasazi ruins
- Also known as: “Puerco Indian Ruins” and “Puerco Ruin and Petroglyphs”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Petrified Forest National Park and Newspaper Rock Petroglyphs Archeological District.
Petrified Forest National Park
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Petrified Forest National Park is a national park that is in the Mogollon Rim in eastern Arizona, in the Southwest region. The park takes its name from the remnants of ancient trees which have been transformed into brilliantly colored minerals through a series of geological processes.
Newspaper Rock Petroglyphs Archeological District
Photo: petrifiedforestranger, Public domain.
The Newspaper Rock Petroglyphs Archeological District is part of the Petrified Forest National Park, and contains in excess of 650 petroglyphs, believed to have been created 1000–1500 CE. Newspaper Rock Petroglyphs Archeological District is situated 1 mile south of Puerco Pueblo.
The Tepees
Photo: Finetooth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tepees is situated 2 miles southeast of Puerco Pueblo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Adamana.
Adamana
Hamlet
Adamana is an unincorporated community in Apache County in the northeast section of the U.S. state of Arizona. The town was settled in 1896 in what was then the Arizona Territory. Adamana is situated 1½ miles west of Puerco Pueblo.
Puerco Pueblo
- Categories: archaeological site, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Apache, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.9749° or 34° 58′ 30″ northLongitude
-109.79398° or 109° 47′ 38″ westElevation
5,371 feet (1,637 metres)Operator
Petrified National Forest ParkOpen location code
856GX6F4+XCOpenStreetMap ID
node 1739901480OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From French to Slovenian—“Puerco Pueblo” goes by many names.
- French: “Puerco Pueblo”
- Hausa: “Ruwan Puerco da rubutun dutse”
- Slovenian: “Puerco Pueblo”
- Slovenian: “ruševine in petroglifi Puerco”
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