Route 66 Tusayun Ruins and Museum September 2018

On my way out of the Grand Canyon,
I stopped to visit the Tusayan Ruins and the Museum.

Cohonina and ancestral Pueblo (Kayenta Anasazi) people lived in this area in prehistoric times. The ancestral Puebloans built Tusayan about AD 1185.  Excavation of the Tusayan ruins was conducted in 1930 under the direction of Harold S. Gladwin and the staff of the Gila Pueblo of Globe, Arizona. They named it Tusayan following the Spanish nomenclature for the district. The exact meaning of the word has been lost.   The ruin is unique in that no attempt was made at reconstruction, and portions of the ruin were deliberately left unexcavated. It is one of the most heavily visited archeological sites in the National Park system (from the museum notes).

Living Quarters

Large Kiva

Display of Corn, Beans, and Squash growing.