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Aztec Ruins National Monument (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 50 13 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.8360 decimal degrees |
| Long: 108 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -108.0000 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
| 5959.000 feet |
1816.3030 meters |
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Note: Site of a center for the prehistoric Anasazi people, ancestors of Pueblo Indians who now occupy the area; ruins of the pueblo here date to 12th cen. CE; contrary to the name, the site was not associated with the Aztec culture. |
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| Aztec Ruins National Monument (preferred,C,V,LC,English-P,U,N)
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............ | incorporates the common local name for the site, though in reality the site was not associated with the Aztec culture |
| Aztec Ruins (C,V)
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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was a 12th-cen. pueblo town |
| national monument (C) |
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established in 1923 |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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