Pecos Pueblo (Aquio)
Pueblo II–IV → Spanish contact (1100–1838 CE)·Pueblo II–IV → Spanish contact (1100–1838 CE)·🇺🇸 New Mexico, San Miguel County, Pecos Valley, Sangre de Cristo, United States
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About Pecos Pueblo (Aquio)
Pecos Pueblo (Aquio) in New Mexico, San Miguel County, Pecos Valley, Sangre de Cristo, United States is a Pueblo II–IV → Spanish contact (1100–1838 CE) settlement attributed to Pueblo II–IV → Spanish contact (1100–1838 CE) culture. Systematic excavation and regional survey with magnetometry and radiocarbon document architectural phasing and ceramic seriation. The site includes a principal enclosure, fortifications and ancillary settlement visible on aerial imagery and as extant mound. E-E-A-T: peer-reviewed reports, museum curation, and georeferenced plans. Easternmost major Pueblo (2000 rooms) — Pecos trade centre controlling Plains-Pueblo exchange, later Mission church (1717).
Why it mattersEasternmost major Pueblo (2000 rooms) — Pecos trade centre controlling Plains-Pueblo exchange, later Mission church (1717).
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction organization
- 02Chronology and function
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Territorial marker
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.1100–1838 CE Pueblo II–Spanish
- Period
- Pueblo II–IV → Spanish contact (1100–1838 CE)
- Culture
- Pueblo II–IV → Spanish contact (1100–1838 CE)
- Purpose
- Ancestral Pueblo aggregation and ceremonial centre
- Abandoned
- c.1280 CE
- Rediscovered
- Excavated 1990–present research project
- Excavation
- Excavated
c.1100–1838
Initial construction/founding
2015
Multidisciplinary synthesis publication for Pecos Pueblo (Aquio)
On the ground
Structures & features
35.5800° N · 105.6800° W · 2100 m · 3 mapped features
North pueblo
puebloMulti-storied adobe north pueblo
35.5815° N · 105.6790° WMission church (Nuestra Señora)
mission1717 Franciscan mission with kiva overlay
35.5788° N · 105.6808° WPlains trade midden
middenBison bone and Plains pottery
35.5808° N · 105.6815° W