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Poshuouinge

Pueblo ruins site in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

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Poshuouinge was built on a high mesa, some 150 feet (46 m) above the Chama River, around 1400. There are two springs located about 500 feet (150 m) to the south of the ruins which are believed to have been the main water sources for the habitation. It is accessible by a United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service trail.

This pueblo, at its largest, consisted of about 700 ground floor rooms, most being two or even three stories tall. The pueblo was laid out with two main plazas, and a large kiva near the center of the eastern courtyard. The barrow pits of Poshuouinge were planted with small stone grids in the basement.

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