See Also: Bandelier National Monument(encyclopedia)
national monument(encyclopedia)
national monument(dictionary)
El Malpais National Monument(encyclopedia)
Navajo National Monument(encyclopedia)
Chiricahua National Monument(encyclopedia)
Hovenweep National Monument(encyclopedia)
Tuzigoot National Monument(encyclopedia)
Pipestone National Monument(encyclopedia)
Saguaro National Monument(encyclopedia)

Bandelier National Monument (sh)




Archaeological area, north-central New Mexico, U.S. Lying along the Rio Grande 20 mi (32 km) northwest of Santa Fe, it was established in 1916.

It occupies an area of 51 sq mi (132 sq km) and was named for Adolph Bandelier, a Swiss-American archaeologist. The monument contains many cliff and open-pueblo ruins of pre-Columbian Indians (mostly 13th-century) in Frijoles Canyon. Stone sculptures and man-made caves have also been unearthed.