Village of Abó/Pueblo de Abó

For 300 years, Abó was a center for commerce and ceramic production. Indigenous traders from the Great Plains and nearby pueblos came there to barter for pottery, salt, corn, and piñon nuts. After 1600, the Spanish began shipping wagonloads of these same products down the Camino Real in exchange for mission supplies sent north from Mexico City every three years. The rectangular house blocks and plazas of 17th century Abó covered an area the size of three football fields.

Deer Canyon, New Mexico · United States