View of ancient Native Twin Towers of the The Square Tower View of Native Map of Hovenweep This guide not American (Anasazi) Anasazi cliff dwelling Group is one of six American (Ancestral National Monument only includes a map stone masonry ruins ruins in Little Ruin ruin complexes that Puebloan) ruins in and surrounding area noting distances at what would become Canyon, Hovenweep together comprise the Holly Canyon, in what in Utah and Colorado between each of the Hovenweep National National Monument, Hovenweep National later became structures, it also Monument in Utah Utah. Shows two Monument, an entity Hovenweep National gives a historical and Colorado. rounded structures of established in 1923 Monument in CO. c. overview of the site masonry walls built on based on the 1898 and detailed a cliff, one with a door recognition of the information about at the base. c. 1908 Pueblo each structure. Culture and on the significance of its stone masonry. Most of the structures The shape of the Sketch of Square The multi-story This map gives a Illustrated and still standing at structures and Group from field notes Square Tower has a good idea of the described in the Hovenweep were location of the from 1933. slight spiral shape and distances between the guide are Twin constructed from 1230 doorway is seen here. Demonstrates demonstrates the various sites. Towers, Rim Rock to 1275, about the proximity of each detailed stone House, Boulder same time as the cliff structure on the site masonry. There are House, Stronghold dwellings at Mesa as well as rise in hackberry trees House, Unit Type Verde. elevation. growing next to House, Tower Point Square Tower where Hovenweep Castle a seep can be found. and the Square The seep, or place Tower. where water would slowly ooze out of the ground, would have made this an ideal location for a structure.
View of ancient Native American (Anasazi) stone masonry ruins at what would become Hovenweep National Monument in Utah and Colorado. Twin Towers of the Anasazi cliff dwelling ruins in Little Ruin Canyon, Hovenweep National Monument, Utah. Shows two rounded structures of masonry walls built on a cliff, one with a door at the base. c. 1908 The Square Tower Group is one of six ruin complexes that together comprise the Hovenweep National Monument, an entity established in 1923 based on the recognition of the Pueblo Culture and on the significance of its stone masonry. View of Native American (Ancestral Puebloan) ruins in Holly Canyon, in what later became Hovenweep National Monument in CO. c. 1898 Map of Hovenweep National Monument and surrounding area in Utah and Colorado This guide not only includes a map noting distances between each of the structures, it also gives a historical overview of the site and detailed information about each structure. Most of the structures still standing at Hovenweep were constructed from 1230 to 1275, about the same time as the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde. The shape of the structures and location of the doorway is seen here. Sketch of Square Group from field notes from 1933. Demonstrates proximity of each structure on the site as well as rise in elevation. The multi-story Square Tower has a slight spiral shape and demonstrates the detailed stone masonry. There are hackberry trees growing next to Square Tower where a seep can be found. The seep, or place where water would slowly ooze out of the ground, would have made this an ideal location for a structure. This map gives a good idea of the distances between the various sites. Illustrated and described in the guide are Twin Towers, Rim Rock House, Boulder House, Stronghold House, Unit Type House, Tower Point Hovenweep Castle and the Square Tower.