Yucca House

Above: Yucca House Ruin (Aztec Springs Ruin), Colorado; photographed by J. Hillers and W.H.Jackson, 1872-89.

Ancestral Northern San Juan Puebloan Culture, occupied from 1150 C.E. to 1300 C.E.; located near Towaoc, in southwest Colorado. One of the largest ruins in the Four Corners region, Yucca House has not been excavated. The model presented here is very speculative based upon Crow Canyon surface data. The number of rooms surrounding each kiva shown in this reconstruction may be too great.

Elevation is 1800 meters (5910 feet) above sea level.

Materials: mortarless stone walls, wood log roof structure, with mud/clay roof.

Data for CG model:
1. Digital document at https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/yucca-house-national-monument
2. Aerial photographs for montages by Adriel Heisey.