Mummy Cave - Canyon de Chelly

by Debra Martz

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Mummy Cave - Canyon de Chelly

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Debra Martz

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Mummy Cave - Canyon de Chelly by Debra Martz Mummy Cave Overlook is located along the North Rim Drive in Canyon de Chelly (pronounced d'Shay) National Monument near Chinle, Arizona. The ruins are named after two mummies that were discoved by an archaelogical expedition in 1882.
The alcove complex contains Anasazi cliff dwellings that show evidence of having been occupied for nearly a thousand years. With over 80 rooms and 3 kivas, it is the largest Puebloan village that is preserved in Canyon de Chelly. Note that Canyon de Chelly National Monument is made up of more than one canyon. The Mummy Cave Ruins are located almost 300 feet above the floor of Canyon del Muerto.
The dwellings between the alcoves is said to be Mesa Verde in style and constructed at a later date...also much restoration to this central one.
The Navajo people - The Diné, called the cliff dwellers Anasazi which means 'ancient ones'. Canyon de Chelly preserves many sites that even predate the Anasazi. These include sites from the Archaic period (2500-200 BC) and the Basketmakers (200 BC-750 AD). The Puebloans (750-1300 AD), as the Spanish called them, built the cliff dwellings and they were followed by the Hopi (1300-1600 AD) and later by the Navajo of whom presently live in the canyon.

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