Chetro Ketl

Chetro Ketl is an Ancestral Puebloan great house and archeological site located in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico, United States. Construction on Chetro Ketl began c. 990 and was largely complete by 1075, with significant remodeling occurring in the early and mid-1110s.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pueblo Bonito and Casa Rinconada.

Pueblo Bonito

Archaeological site

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Pueblo Bonito is the largest and best-known great house in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, northern New Mexico. It was built by the Ancestral Puebloans who occupied the structure between AD 828 and 1126. Pueblo Bonito is situated 2,200 feet west of Chetro Ketl.

Casa Rinconada

Archaeological site

Photo: HJPD, CC BY 3.0.

Casa Rinconada is an Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site located atop a ridge adjacent to a small rincon across from Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, northwestern New Mexico, United States. Casa Rinconada is situated 2,700 feet southwest of Chetro Ketl.

Pueblo Alto

Archaeological site

Photo: Jqjacobs, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pueblo Alto is an Ancestral Puebloan great house and archaeological site located in Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico in the United States. Pueblo Alto is situated 3,600 feet north of Chetro Ketl.

Chetro Ketl

Type: Protected area
Description: ancestral Puebloan great house and archeological site in New Mexico, United States
Categories: house, archaeological site, and historic site
Location: San Juan, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.06034° or 36° 3′ 37″ north

Longitude

-107.95418° or 107° 57′ 15″ west

Open location code

858J326W+48

OpenStreetMap ID

way 186187406

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q5094192

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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Chetro Ketl” goes by many names.

French: “Chetro Ketl”
Hebrew: “צ’יטרו קטל”
Persian: “کترو کتل”
Spanish: “Chetro Ketl”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Chetro Ketl Great House and Chetro Ketl Great Kiva.

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