Santa Fe, New Mexico
Today we drove up to Tesuque village and visited the Tesuque Flea Market. 50 to 60 booths set up with loads of jewelry, a lot of imported junk, hats, rugs, pottery and more. The only purchase we made were Indian Tacos for lunch, very good. This is part of the Tesuque village so they won't allow photographs, so no photos of the flea market.
After our hike through the flea Market we headed east on I25 to visit the Pecos National Monument. We had no idea what the Monument was but were pleasantly surprised. It contains the ruins of a 15th century pueblo and 17th and 18th century missions that jut up spectacularly from a high meadow. Coronado mentioned Pecos Pueblo in 1540: "It is feared through the land," he wrote. The approximately 2,000 Native Americans here farmed in irrigated fields and hunted wild game. Their pueblo had 660 rooms and many kivas. By 1620, Franciscan monks had established a church and convent. Military and natural disasters took their toll on the pueblo, and in 1838, the 20 surviving Pecos went to live with relatives at the Jemez Pueblo. We hiked the 1.5 mile trail around the pueblo. After our visit we headed back to the park had dinner and made plans for our last day in Santa Fe.
Remains of the Pecos Pueblo. Much of the ruin hasn't been excavated yet.
One of the several Kivas. The Pecos Pueblo was a dominant pueblo in the area. After years of attacks by the Comanche Indians, continuing interaction with the Spaniards, and disease, the pueblo population went from high of 2500 to only 20 Pecos Indians.
This is a cobblestone floor in the pueblo rooms, something we haven't seen in any other ruins.
Some of the Pueblo that is under excavation. Here is the old Spanish Mission that the Spaniards forced on the residents.
Here is a good example that shows before and after of a Pueblo wall before excavation and after.
Here's a gopher sitting on an exterior wall keeping an eye on us.
This a great photo of part of the ruin still buried, this is what it looks like before any measurable excavation begins. Two thirds of the pueblo is still buried.
The valley below the ruins. The original "Santa Fe" trail passed through here, wagon wheel ruts can still be seen.
Remains of the Pecos Pueblo. Much of the ruin hasn't been excavated yet.One of the several Kivas. The Pecos Pueblo was a dominant pueblo in the area. After years of attacks by the Comanche Indians, continuing interaction with the Spaniards, and disease, the pueblo population went from high of 2500 to only 20 Pecos Indians.
This is a cobblestone floor in the pueblo rooms, something we haven't seen in any other ruins.
Some of the Pueblo that is under excavation. Here is the old Spanish Mission that the Spaniards forced on the residents.Here is a good example that shows before and after of a Pueblo wall before excavation and after. Here's a gopher sitting on an exterior wall keeping an eye on us.This a great photo of part of the ruin still buried, this is what it looks like before any measurable excavation begins. Two thirds of the pueblo is still buried.The valley below the ruins. The original "Santa Fe" trail passed through here, wagon wheel ruts can still be seen. 
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