0 Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico

 Bandelier National Monument is located in an area of ​​thirty-three thousand acres. It is located near Los Alamo in New Mexico. Bandelier National Monument is named after the famous Swedish anthropologist Adolph Bandelier, who studied cultures that inhabited this region and has contributed significantly to the study of the history of this region. Bandelier National Monument receives the status of a national monument on 11 February 1916.


This place was inhabited by people more than ten thousand years. The earliest inhabitants of this region were hunters and people who are collecting plants for a living. In 1550 the ancient Pueblo Indians were forced to find new land where to settle because of dwindling resources. So San Felipe, Santa Clara and Santo Domingo became a new home for the Indians. In the eighteenth century the Spaniards entered the canyon Friholes and later led Adolf Bandelier in this region.

 The main attraction of Bandelier National Monument is Friholes canyon where the ruins of several buildings of the ancient Indian Pueblo. On the territory of the monument are other prehistoric Indian dwellings and place that served as a school of pottery craftsmanship of Pueblo Indians. There are also ceremonial equipment, and a number of rock paintings.

The dwellings of the ancient Indians were made of stone on stone platforms on the rocks, or an extended and adapted to living caves. Part of the dwellings of ancient Pueblo Indians are known as the Long House and built on the northern part of the canyon - the ancient Indians have carved hundreds of rooms that look like rooms. To access the dwellings of the ancient Indians built a terrace length of about two kilometers, starting from the center to visitors. Many of the dwellings of ancient Pueblo Indians are restricted.

 On the territory of Bandelier National Monument is located, and The Ceremonial Cave. It is located relatively close distance from the center to visitors. Ceremonial cave is in fact a hole in the rock in which the ancient Pueblo Indians have made a special ceremonial room for meetings and important ceremonies.
 

Ceremonial cave was reconstructed to allow tourists to see it, but this can only be done by viewing through a small hole in the roof of the cave. By the ceremonial cave can only get enthusiastic tourist, as they have to climb four very steep stairs with a total length of one hundred and forty steps.

Friholes Canyon is a favorite spot for climbers and tourists from around the world, even here there is a special route for the ascent.

Bandelier National Monument is located on the slopes of the Jemez Mountains. The area is crossed by several canyons that were created more than a million years by massive volcanic eruptions.

So much of the area is covered with volcanic ash. These are the remnants of powerful volcanic eruption of Valles Caldera more than one million years.

On the territory of Bandelier National Monument are much wildlife and other interesting species of birds and insects. Here is a paradise for lizards, butterflies, squirrels and deer. There are many snakes, including rattlesnake.