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Arizona National Monuments
Tuzigoot
Crowning a desert hilltop is an ancient pueblo. From a
roof top a child scans the desert landscape for the arrival
of traders, who are due any day now. What riches will they
bring? What stories will they tell? Will all of them return?
From the top of the Tuzigoot Pueblo it is easy to imagine
such an important moment. Tuzigoot is an ancient village
or pueblo built by a culture known as the Sinagua.
The pueblo consisted of 110 rooms including second and third
story structures. The first buildings were built around
A.D. 1000. The Sinagua were agriculturalists with trade
connections that spanned hundreds of miles. The people left
the area around 1400. The site is currently comprised of
42 acres.
Designation date: January 11, 2000, by President William
J. Clinton
Questions
- Where did the word Tuzigoot come from and what does
it mean?
- Why do you think the Tuzigoot pueblo built on a hill?
- How did the eruption of Sunset Crator Volcano impact
the Sinagua?
Resources
NAU
Anthropology Labs - Sinagua Information
Scholastic
Native American Site
Sinagua
Questions and Answers
Annotated
Bibliography of Sinagua Archeology
Media
Sinagua
Petroglyphs
Tuzigoot
Photographs and Maps
Educational Activities
Native
American Petroglyphs Lesson Plan
Using maps
and pictures build a scale model of the Tuzigoot ruins
using pebbles and clay for morter. How long would it take
to build Tuzigoot?
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