History
Tsin Kletsin is an Ancestral Puebloan great house atop South Mesa in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, south of Pueblo Bonito in a relatively isolated setting. Built around A.D. 1110 to 1115 during the late Chaco era, it originally included 81 rooms, 3 kivas, and a plaza within a two-story complex. Its enclosed plaza opened through a narrow southern portal, and its masonry reflects the McElmo or Chaco-McElmo style. Nearby Weritos Dam may have collected storm runoff to supply the settlement’s domestic water, though maintaining that reservoir would have required repeated rebuilding, dredging, and recovery from flooding.
Hear stories like this as you drive
ExploreHere reads historical markers out loud as you pass them: over 325,000 stories across the US. No account needed.
4.7 · 800+ ratings · Free
FIND IT
New Mexico · United States