Taos Pueblo, continuously inhabited for over 1000 years, built between 1100 and 1450 A.D.
The Archive exhibits ten buildings predating the United States.
07 Jun 2022
Ten Pre-Revolutionary BuildingsArchitecture, History
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Gerard vanderleun
I’ve been there. It’s sort of a dump up top and most folks prefer to live in the more modern town at the foot of the mesas.
If I remember correctly the side away from the town used to have (may still have) a place that the folks living above just dumped all their trash and garbage.
Noble savage and all that…
Lee Also
When I visited, no one actually “lived” in the old pueblo. Families had dwellings that they might stay in during holidays, but not for long: minimal electricity and no running water. Some of them had stores for the tourists.
It reminded me of the old Methodist revival “tents” in the south east: Families “own” a primtive structure that they only stay in during revival meetings.
Lee Also
To clarify what I wrote earlier: the people who live at Taos, live in modern houses on the tribal land. No one actually lives full time in the old pueblo dwelling, at least when I visited there many, many years ago. The minimal electricity was provide by small generators. Some hearty person might “live” there to prove it could be done. But they wouldn’t for long.
It’s also highly likely that much of what is still actually standing is post-Coronado, based on the adobe construction methods.
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