Aztec Ruins has some of the best-preserved Chacoan structures of its kind. Learn more about the ancestral Pueblo people in the park's museum and explore the Aztec West great house to see exceptionally advanced architecture, original wooden beams, and a restored Great Kiva. Aztec Ruins is a deeply sacred place to many Indigenous peoples across the American Southwest. Please visit with respect.
Great Kiva in Aztec West plaza
Great Kiva in Aztec West plaza
Great Kiva
The reconstructed Great Kiva
Rainbow over the Great Kiva
Rainbow over the reconstructed Great Kiva
Winter snow on Aztec West great house
Winter snow on Aztec West great house
T-shaped doorway in Aztec West
Original "T-shaped" doorway in Aztec West
Original ancestral Pueblo roof structure
Original ancestral Pueblo roof structures