See Also: Chaco Culture National Historical Park(encyclopedia)
Chaco Culture National Historical Park(tourism)
Sitka National Historical Park(encyclopedia)
Colonial National Historical Park(encyclopedia)
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park(encyclopedia)
Morristown National Historical Park(encyclopedia)
Valley Forge National Historical Park(encyclopedia)
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park(encyclopedia)
San Juan Island National Historical Park(encyclopedia)
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park(encyclopedia)

Chaco Culture National Historical Park (sh)




National preserve, northwestern New Mexico, U.S. Established as a national monument in 1907, it was redesignated and renamed in 1980.

Occupying 53 sq mi (137 sq km), it contains 13 major pre-Columbian ruins and more than 300 smaller archaeological sites representing Pueblo cultures. Pueblo Bonito, built in the 10th century, is the largest Pueblo excavated site; it contained some 800 rooms.