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Betatakin Overlook
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Time to head to New Mexico, but we stop first at
Navaho National Monument. From the visitor center there is a walk to the Betatakin
overlook. While you only see the pueblo ruins from a distance, many of the
building here have been restored with roofs, giving a more complete picture of
a pueblo. This village had about 125 people in 20-25 family groups.
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Closer look
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We traveled to Bloomfield New Mexico, where we stopped at
the
Salmon Ruins, named for the family that preserved these ruins for many
years. The unique aspect of these ruins was that they were built by the Chaco
culture and then after a hundred years of abandonment, the Mesa Verde culture
converted the buildings to their use. The most obvious change was round rooms
(Kivas) being created inside of Chaco rectangular rooms.
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Kiva built inside a Chaco room
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