Santa Fe in Santa Fe County, New Mexico — The American Mountains (Southwest)

500 A.D.

— Commemorative Walkway Park —

Photographed By J. J. Prats, April 18, 2014

1. 500 A.D. Marker

Inscription. From 500 A.D. onward, New Mexico underwent a number of comparatively rapid changes. The people throughout the western two-thirds of the state became increasingly restricted to smaller and smaller areas resulting in the development of many regional differences in architecture, ceramics and other crafts. Between 1100 and 1400 A.D., vast areas of New Mexico were abandoned for reasons that are still poorly understood.

Erected 1986 by Century 21 Real Estate. (Marker Number 1.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Native Americans.

Location. 35° 41.344′ N, 105° 55.998′ W. Marker is in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in Santa Fe County. Marker can be reached from Paseo de Peralta near Otero Street. It is at Hillside Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Santa Fe NM 87501, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. 1540 (a few steps from this marker); 1598 (within shouting distance of this marker); 1848 (within shouting distance of this marker); 1610 (within shouting distance of this marker); 375th Anniversary of Santa Fe (within shouting distance of this marker); 1680 (within shouting distance

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of this marker); To the Future (within shouting distance of this marker); 1985 (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Santa Fe.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. This is a list of all 21 markers on Santa Fe’s Commemorative Walkway at Hillside Park. There is a link on the list to a map of all markers on the walkway.

Also see . . . Wikipedia Entry for Pueblo. “Pueblos are modern and old communities of Native Americans in the Southwestern United States of America. The first Spanish explorers of the Southwest used this term to describe the communities housed in apartment-like structures built of stone, adobe mud, and other local material. These structures were usually multi-storied buildings surrounding an open plaza. They were occupied by hundreds to thousands of Pueblo people, and were only accessible through a ladder able to be lowered only from the inside, thus preventing break-ins and unwanted guests.” (Submitted on August 13, 2014.)

Photographed By J. J. Prats, April 18, 2014

2. 500 A.D. Marker

Section of the South Side of Zuni Pueblo, N.M., 1873 image. Click for full size.

By George M. Wheeler, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, via Wikipedia Commons, 1873

3. Section of the South Side of Zuni Pueblo, N.M., 1873

Perhaps some pueblos, before the Spanish arrived, looked like this.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2014, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 473 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 10, 2014, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 3. submitted on August 13, 2014, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.