Puye Cliff Dwellings Tour March 31, 2011

Experience one of northern New Mexico’s most awe-inspiring cultural attractions featuring cliff & cave dwellings and early Pueblo architecture. For more than three centuries, from about AD 1250 to 1577, this spectacular locale was home for over 1500 Pueblo Indians who built villages, dwelled, farmed, and hunted game. The traditions of the people of the Pueblo of Santa Clara (located 10 miles east of Puye) state that their ancestors were the inhabitants of this area. They left when drought caused springs to dry up and crops to fail. UNM Continuing Education is offering two guided tours of the area, including the Cliff Trail, and the Mesa Top Trail. The $89 tuition fee includes transportation and guide. This trip departs from the UNM Continuing Education east parking lot, located at 1634 University Blvd. NE in Albuquerque, NM on Friday, April 1, 2011 at 8am and will return at 6pm. For more information visit dce.unm.edu/story-of-new-mexico.htm or call Joan Cok at 505-277-0563. To register visit dce.unm.edu.

Official Website: http://dce.unm.edu/story-of-new-mexico.htm