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Hovenweep National Monument
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Hovenweep National Monument protects six prehistoric, Puebloan-era (Anasazi) villages spread over a twenty-mile area of mesa tops and canyons along the Utah-Colorado border. Multi-storied towers on the brink of canyon rims and perched on boulders have visitors a amazed at the skill and innovation of their ancient builders. By the late 1200s, the Hovenweep area was home to over 2,500 people. |
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Hovenweep is well-known for its solitude and undeveloped, natural character. The Square Tower Group is the primary contact facility with a visitor center, campground and interpretive trail. Other groups (villages) include Cajon, Cutthroat Castle, Goodman Point, Hackberry, Holly and Horseshoe. |
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People have lived in the Hovenweep area for over 10,000 years. The first people were nomadic Paleoindians, who visited the Cajon Mesa to gather food and hunt game. These people used the area for centuries, following seasonal weather patterns. Around A.D. 900, people started to settle at Hovenweep year-round. They planted and harvested crops in the rich soil of the mesa tops. |
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