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Pueblo del Arroyo is an Ancestral Puebloan great house at Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico, a UNESCO World Heritage site. It’s located on a short dead-end road off the nine-mile loop drive, just past Pueblo Bonito. The site is 5 ½ miles from the visitor center.
Trail
A ¼ mile round-trip trail takes visitors through the site, which is the fourth largest great house in the park. It takes about 30-45 minutes to properly visit the site. Trail guides are available for purchase at the visitor center.
History
Pueblo del Arroyo was built between 1025 and 1125. It was excavated from 1923 to 1926 by archaeologist Neil Judd under the Smithsonian Institution.
Features
The site had about 300 rooms and 14 kivas. No great kiva has been found. Strangely, this great house was built in the middle of the canyon facing east while others were built near the north wall of the canyon facing south.
