Project Description

“HIGH TOWN” SPANISH

Occupation: AD 1020-**1130**
Structure: 1 story, 130 rooms, 18 kivas
Size: 8,259 square meters (88,910 square feet)
Length: 33 meters (110 feet)
Trailhead: Pueblo del Arroyo parking lot
Trail: 5.1 km (3.2 miles round-trip)
Elevation gain: 106 meters (350 feet)
Time: 2 hours

Unlike most great houses, Pueblo Alto had 14 foot high ceilings. Pueblo Alto has one of the largest middens in the canyon. Excavations reveal large quantities of pottery.