Candelaria Pueblo

United States historic place

Significant dates

Candelaria Pueblo
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NM State Register of Cultural Properties

c. 2005 of backfilled great kiva site
Nearest city	Grants, New Mexico
Area	33.2 acres (13.4 ha)
NRHP reference No.	83001619^[1]
NMSRCP No.	847
Added to NRHP	March 10, 1983
Designated NMSRCP	December 18, 1981

Candelaria Pueblo, also known as Las Ventanas, is a Chacoan-style site located within the El Malpais National Monument. The site consists of a two-story great house with approximately 75-90 rooms. Built circa 1050-1100 A.D., the pueblo served as a house of worship and was surrounded by a community of smaller pueblos. A lava flow to the west of the great house preserved many of the ritual sites and artifacts associated with the pueblo.^[2]

Archaeological investigations at the site began in the 1980s and are still ongoing.^[2] The pueblo was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Reed, Paul F. "Las Ventanas". Archaeology Southwest. Retrieved November 21, 2014.