NRHP Reference # 66000253 Area 1 ha Management Bureau of Land Management | Designated NHL July 19, 1964 Added to NRHP 15 October 1966 | |
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Location Montezuma County, Colorado, USA Nearest city Pleasant View, Colorado Address County Rd 7.25, Pleasant View, CO 81331, USA Similar Anasazi Heritage Center, Hovenweep National Monument, Yucca House National, Anasazi Heritage Center [m, Kinishba Ruins | ||
Lowry pueblo
The Lowry Pueblo is an Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site located in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument near Pleasant View, Colorado, United States. The pueblo was constructed around 1060 AD atop abandoned pithouses from an earlier period of occupation. It was occupied by 40 to 100 people at a time for 165 years. The structure was built up to about 40 rooms and featured multiple kivas. The architecture of Lowry Pueblo was influenced by the settlement at Chaco Canyon, approximately 100 miles to the south.
The inhabitants were farmers who also hunted small game, made elaborately decorated pottery, and wove cotton obtained by trade. Its last occupation occurred in the early 13th century.
The pueblo was named for the early area homesteader George Lowry. Lowry Pueblo was excavated during summer field seasons from 1930 to 1936 by Paul Sidney Martin of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark on 1964-07-19.
Lowry Pueblo was incorporated as part of the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument on 2000-06-09, and is now managed by the Bureau of Land Management.