The rock structures in the Sedona area made it a perfect place for the Indians to build homes up in the cliffs or use the large supplies of rocks to make pueblos. There is enough water in the area to make it a good place for them to live. The National Park and Forest Service along with some private groups are trying to preserve the sites for future generations to see. We saw Tuzigoot, Palatki, Montezuma's Well, Montezuma's Castle, V Bar V Ranch Petroglyphs and Honanki.
Tuzigoot is a Pueblo style ruin that that sits on a hill above a creek. Each room housed one family of 3 to 4 people. As your children grew older and married you added another room.
This is a roof that has been built in the style that would have been in this Pueblo
Nice view from the door
This was a large pueblo community with over 100 rooms. Some rooms were in another building down the hill
Palatki had ruins and very nice petroglyphs
The V Bar V Ranch had a great wall of petroglyphs. The pictures did not turn out as well as I had hoped. Kokopelli above is one of our favorites.
A section of a very full wall of petroglyphs
Montezuma's Well is actually a spring that has created this lake which feeds the river
Built into the wall above the well.
Built into the wall near the edge of the well. There were many rooms here. It was cool under the shade of the overhang in the rocks.
Montezuma's Castle is 5 stories of rooms built in the side of the hill. It is not really near the well but is along the river downstream of the well.
Maybe this will give you an idea of how big this is and how far off the ground. We have seen a lot of ruins this trip but this was unique.
Honanki was another large site with lots of rooms tucked up under the cliff.
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