Tsankawi in northern New Mexico is an Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site and a detached portion of Bandelier National Monument near White Rock. Probably begun in the 15th century and occupied until the late 16th century, it grew into a mesa-top village of about 350 rooms around a central plaza, with cliffside cavates and talus pueblos carved into volcanic tuff. Its people farmed corn, beans, and squash in a dry environment and moved along paths deeply worn into the rock between the mesa, canyon fields, and nearby communities. Still tied to the traditions of nearby pueblos, Tsankawi remains part of a living cultural landscape.

White Rock, New Mexico · USA