Built 1700 (1700) Designated NHL July 19, 1964 Area 65 ha Nearest city Casa Salazar | NRHP Reference # 66000958 Opened 1700 Added to NRHP 15 October 1966 | |
Big bead mesa in cibola national forest
Big Bead Mesa (Navajo: Yooʼtsoh) is a Navajo village site near Casa Salazar, New Mexico, within Cibola National Forest.
Occupied from about 1745 to 1812, this is an impressive fortified Navajo village site. After moving into the Big Bead Mesa region, the Navajos established a stronghold that menaced the pueblos of Laguna and Acoma, and formed an alliance with the Gila Apaches. The site is an important representative of patterns of trade and raiding that characterized Navajo relations with Pueblos, Apache, and Hispanics.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964.
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