0 a group of flat-roofed, connected buildings made of pressed, dried earth or stone, built by Native Americans in the southwestern US: --
1 a group of flat-roofed, connected buildings made of pressed, dried earth or stone, built by American Indians in the southwestern US: --
According to modern pueblo people, this road represents the connection to the shipapu, the place of emergence of the ancestors or a dimensional doorway.
At the time it was a "pueblo" (village) of about 900 reasonably prosperous inhabitants and had no record of political or social unrest.
Tyuonyi is a circular pueblo site that once stood 1-3 stories tall.
There are 18 cities, twelve towns (villas) and 111 pueblos (villages).
Builders maximized space by abutting the pueblo rooms.
Warriors from four of the pueblos sided with the colonists, but most opposed them.
Moving in from dispersed farmsteads into community centers at pueblos canyon heads or cliff dwellings on canyon shelves.
The complex is also fire resistant, unlike traditional pueblos, and they are painted light pinks and purples, to match the landscape surrounding it.
