Homolovi I (Homolovi State Park — Sunset Mesa Pueblo)
Homolovi I · Homolovi-I · Sunset Mesa Pueblo · Homolovi Village I
Pueblo IV (Ancestral Puebloan post-Mesa Verde, 1285–1400 CE)·Ancestral Puebloan (Hopi ancestor — Homolovi Cluster)·🇺🇸 Arizona, Navajo County, Winslow–Little Colorado, Homolovi State Park, United States
About
About Homolovi I (Homolovi State Park — Sunset Mesa Pueblo)
Homolovi I (Homolovi State Park — Sunset Mesa Pueblo) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Arizona, Navajo County, Winslow–Little Colorado, Homolovi State Park, United States — Largest Homolovi Cluster village (1100 rooms) — Hopi ancestral town on Little Colorado Excavated evidence reveals Ancestral Puebloan (Hopi ancestor — Homolovi Cluster) cultural horizons with sandstone architecture. The village 1100 rooms, plaza 40×40 m; homolovi i mound 400×300 m, 8 m high trash mound preserves sandstone coursed rubble, adobe mortar, plaza-kiva plan, jeddito yellow ware ceramics technique.
Position on Arizona illustrates hopi ancestral mega-village bridging mesa verde diaspora to modern hopi — largest homolovi site.
Why it mattersHopi ancestral mega-village bridging Mesa Verde diaspora to modern Hopi — largest Homolovi site.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Homolovi I → Hopi Oraibi migration — direct or multigenerational?
- 02Pueblo IV coalescence — peaceful or conflict-driven?
Theories
- 01Adams Mesa Verde push vs. Adams drought migration model
- 02Hopi coalescence peer polity debate
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.1285 CE Homolovi settlement; 1325–1400 CE Homolovi I peak 1100 rooms
- Period
- Pueblo IV (Ancestral Puebloan post-Mesa Verde, 1285–1400 CE)
- Culture
- Ancestral Puebloan (Hopi ancestor — Homolovi Cluster)
- Builders
- Mesa Verde–Kayenta diaspora Ancestral Puebloan coalescent builders
- Purpose
- Largest Homolovi Cluster village (1100 rooms) — Hopi ancestral town on Little Colorado
- Abandoned
- c.1400 CE Homolovi abandonment moving villages to Hopi Mesas
- Rediscovered
- Surveyed 1885 Fewkes, excavated 1984–present Adams (Arizona State Museum) & Hays
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
1885
Fewkes notes Homolovi ruins on Little Colorado terraces
1984
Arizona State Museum opens Homolovi I trench, Jeddito Yellow Ware found
2008
Homolovi Cluster coalescence and Hopi migration series published
On the ground
Structures & features
35.0314° N · 110.6117° W · 1495 m · 3 mapped features
Homolovi I Great Pueblo (1100 Rooms, Plaza)
pueblo1100-room coalescent pueblo with central plaza
35.0316° N · 110.6115° WJeddito Yellow Ware Kiln and Trash Mound
kilnJeddito Yellow Ware kiln and 8 m trash mound
35.0313° N · 110.6119° WHomolovi Petroglyph Mesa Edge
rock artPetroglyph panels at Homolovi mesa edge
35.0317° N · 110.6113° W