Salmon Ruins
Salmon Ruins is an ancient Chacoan and Pueblo site located in the northwest corner of New Mexico, USA. Salmon was constructed by migrants from Chaco Canyon around 1090 CE, with 275 to 300 original rooms spread across three stories, an elevated tower kiva in its central portion, and a great kiva in its plaza.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bloomfield.
Bloomfield
Town
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
Bloomfield is a city in northeastern San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Farmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 8,112 at the 2010 census. Bloomfield is situated 1½ miles east of Salmon Ruins.
Salmon Ruins
- Type: archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in New Mexico, United States of America
- Location: San Juan, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From German to Russian—“Salmon Ruins” goes by many names.
- German: “Salmon Pueblo”
- Hebrew: “חורבות סלמון”
- Russian: “Солмонские руины”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Salmon Ruins”. Photo: Timthefinn, Public domain.