The ancestors of today's Puebloan people moved into defensible rock shelters during the 1100s and 1200s AD, perhaps in response to drought, conflicts over natural resources and the arrival of Apachean peoples into the southwest. They build small towns using rock and clay mud and farmed on the valley floors & mesas. Later they moved out of these protected areas and established the various towns.
Keet Seel or Kawestima, dates 1250-1300AD and was home to perhaps 150 people. This cliff is located within the boundary of the Navajo Reservation and is now a National monument managed by the Park Service. This card was sent by a Postcrosser who recently went to the southwest on vacation and very kindly shared this card with me!
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