HISTORY
AMERICAN INDIAN ANCESTRY
Monument Valley
UTAH WAS NAMED AFTER THE UTES, whose ancestors – along with those of four other distinct American Indian cultures in the State – hunted and roamed across the land for thousands of years. Keep an eye open for their rock art, pueblos and the archaeological remains of their dwellings, which are scattered across Utah for travellers to explore and experience. Hovenweep National Monument, near
Monticello, is the largest of these sites. Its designation protects six prehistoric Puebloan- era villages, spread over a 20-mile (32-km) expanse of mesa tops and canyons along the Utah-Colorado border. Multi-storeyed towers perched on canyon rims and balanced on boulders testify to the skill of their builders – their use is still unknown. At Newspaper Rock State Historic
Monument, hundreds of Ancestral Puebloan and Ute Indian petroglyph fi gures have been
Hovenweep Newspaper Rock State Historic Park
chiselled and carved into a large stone at this site. It is located on the road into the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. Rock walls carved with images from
American Indian prehistory dot the canyons and mesas around Moab and throughout the region to the north. In Blanding, the Edge of the Cedars State
Park Museum houses a superb Federal Reserve collection of Ancestral Puebloan pottery and artefacts next to an excavated pueblo. Near Boulder in southern Utah, one of
the largest Ancestral Puebloan communities west of the Colorado River can be found at the Anasazi State Park Museum. The site is believed to have been occupied from AD1050 to AD1200. While the village remains largely unexcavated, many artefacts have been uncovered and are on display in the museum.
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