Lowry Pueblo

Infobox_nrhp2 | name =Lowry Ruin
nhl=yes


caption = Lowry Pueblo
nearest_city= Pleasant View, Colorado
lat_degrees = 37
lat_minutes = 35
lat_seconds = 4.31
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 108
long_minutes = 55
long_seconds = 10.73
long_direction = W
locmapin = Colorado
area =
architect=
architecture=
designated_nhl = July 19, 1964cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=154&ResourceType=Site
title=Lowry Ruin |accessdate=2007-10-16|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Bureau of Land Management
refnum=66000253

The Lowry Pueblo is an Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site located in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument near Pleasant View, Colorado, United States. The pueblo was constructed about 1060 atop abandoned pithouses from an earlier period of occupation. The inhabitants were farmers who also hunted small game, made elaborately decorated pottery, and wove cotton obtained by trade. The pueblo was named for early homesteader George Lowry.

Lowry Pueblo was excavated during summer field seasons from 1930 to 1936 by Paul S. Martin of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark on 1964-07-19.,citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000253.pdf National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings: Lowry Pueblo (includes maps and diagrams of site)] |271 KB|date=September 24, 1962 |author=Albert H. Schroeder |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000253.pdf Accompanying 2 photos, from the Field expedition.] |526 KB]

Lowry Pueblo was incorporated as part of the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument on 2000-06-09.

References

ee also

*Ancient Pueblo Peoples

External links

* [http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/lowry.htm Lowry Pueblo at United States Bureau of Land Management website]
* [http://www.fieldmuseum.org/research_collections/anthropology/anthro_sites/paul_martin/martin_web/Lowry/lowry1.html Lowry Ruin at Field Museum of Natural History website]