AZTEC RUINS NATIONAL MONUMENT


Meaning of AZTEC RUINS NATIONAL MONUMENT in English

Archaeological site, northwestern New Mexico, U.S. Located on the Animas River just north of the town of Aztec, it was established in 1923 and has an area of 0.

5 sq mi (1.3 sq km). Mistakenly named by early settlers, the site actually contains the excavated ruins of a 12th-century World Heritage site in 1987.

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