Muñoz Canyon Pueblito

Munoz Canyon Pueblito Map
 Located on a small sandstone outcrop overlooking Muñoz Canyon, this pueblito consists of a three room structure. No structure walls remain standing and only parts of wall alignments are visible among the rubble. Below the site is a navajo petroglyph that is in poor preservation due to weathering.

Ceramic Assemblage: Ceramics observed included Dinetah Gray wares and Gobernador Polychrome.

Tree-ring Analysis: Six tree-ring samples have been collected from the site, all of which dated and indicate a construction date of 1743 or 1744. Pinion and juniper is represented among the samples (Towner 1997).
Land Owner: Bureau of Land Management
Site Elevation: 6529 ft / 1990 m
Hiking Difficulty: Moderate =
Someone in good hiking condition;
Distance about 0.5 mile one-way;
Elevation gain less than 100 feet.
References:
The Dendrochronology of the Navajo Pueblitos of Dinetah Towner, Ronald H. 1997
The Dendrochronology of the Navajo Pueblitos of Dinetah, PhD dissertation, University of Arizona.

More Information

  • ➠ Dinetah Pueblitos (Google Map)
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  • ⇩ Dinetah Pueblitos (GPX Data, ZIP 3 KB)
  • ⇩ Dinetah Pueblitos (KML Data, ZIP 8 KB)
  • ⇩ Temporal Map Distribution (PDF 520 KB)
  • ➠ Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
  • ➠ Office of Archaeological Studies Ceramic Typology