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- Room 6 Bench Wall North Face
- Room 6 East Interior
- Room 6 North Interior
- Room 6 South Interior
- Room 6 West Interior
- Room 7 East Interior
- Room 7 North Interior
- Room 73, 1930s vs. 2011
Other people have come and gone since the original occupants. During the late 1800s, Basque sheepherders stayed here briefly, enlarging this doorway and occupying the room beyond. Local prospector Ben Doney pothunted Wupatki, amassing an impressive collection of artifacts. Concern over looting at Wupatki led to its protection as a national monument in 1924. Later expansion of the monument included some land historically used since the mid-1800s by Navajo naat' áanii (headman) Peshlakai Etsidi and his descendants. These Diné families grazed sheep here, moving seasonally between numerous camps, leaving behind more than 60 residential sites. Their history is intertwined with that of the monument. They remain intimately tied to the Wupatki landscape.
Rooms on this end of the pueblo were excavated and reconstructed to serve as an office and museum. The National Park Service now has a policy of stabilizing buildings in their existing state. The 1930s reconstructions were removed in 1950. - Room 8 North Interior
- Room 9 North Interior
- Room 9 West Interior
- Room Beams, Wupatki Pueblo
Description: Framework of roof reconstruction at Wupatki Pueblo, showing placement of reconstructed primary and secondary beams. In the 1930s, using information gained from excavations, Museum of Northern Arizona archaeologists reconstructed the roofs of Wupatki Pueblo's rooms, attempting to match the original 12th and 13th century construction materials as closely as possible. Date: 1930s. Collection: Wupatki National Monument (Catalog No. WUPA 19819). - Room Interior, Keet Seel, 2006
Description: Room interior, Keet Seel. Date: 2006 Collection: Navajo National Monument. - Room Interior, Montezuma Well
Subject: Interior of a room, Montezuma Well. Date: 1902 Collection: WACC: Montezuma Castle/Well. - Rooms 2, 4, 9, and 15
Description: Looking north across rooms 2 (front left) and 4 (front right) into rooms 9 (center left) and 15 (center right). Room 8 is barely visible at the far back left, as is Room 16 at the far back right. The corner of Room 7 is also just visible in the extreme left foreground of the photo. Note the number of sealed doorways. Date: June 9, 2010