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Aztec Ruins, built and used over a
200-year period, is the largest ancestral Pueblo community in the Animas
River valley. Concentrated on and below a terrace overlooking the Animas
River, the people at Aztec built several multi-story buildings called
“great houses” and many smaller structures. Associated with each great
house was a “great kiva”—a large circular chamber used for ceremonies.
Nearby are three unusual “tri-wall” structures—above ground kivas
encircled by three concentric walls. In addition, they modified the
landscape with dozens of linear swales called “roads,” earthen berms, and
platforms. |
