Desert SouthWest 2012 - June Photo

PECOS PUEBLO

Thunder clouds build over an ancient Puebloan ruin on a hillside near the Pecos River. Accessible by a long ladder, an Indian kiva was and still is used as a subterranean ceremonial chamber. When Pecos Valley Indians settled this region around 1450, they constructed multistoried adobe pueblos that contained over 660 rooms.