Near Pleasant View in Montezuma County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Life Outside
Lowry Pueblo National Historic Landmark
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Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 17, 2025
1. Life Outside Marker
Throughout most of the year, the open space to the east of the main building likely functioned as a village square or plaza. Imagine elders sharing their history through stories and songs, or talking about politics. Cooking, tool making, laughing, and playing enlivened the whole village. When privacy or refuge from bad weather was needed, activities continued indoors.
Open spaces are hard to recognize archaeologically, especially in small communities. At Lowry, the main building faces east toward the Great Kiva and the plaza was in between.
The plaza (or kiisonvi) is a very important place in a community because this is where people get together and witness religious activities, social activities, and share with each other.
Jane Polingyouma, Hopi
Erected by United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Indigenous Peoples and Communities.
Location. 37° 35.087′ N, 108° 55.188′ W. Marker is near Pleasant View, Colorado, in Montezuma County. It can be reached from County Road 7.25 0.3 miles south of County Road CC. The marker is located
this page online
Regionally, this marker is in the American Mountain West, in Colorado Plateau, and at the Four Corners. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Mexicos Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Painted Kivas (within shouting distance of this marker); Lowry Ruin (within shouting distance of this marker); The Best Rooms in Town (within shouting distance of this marker); Footprints (within shouting distance of this marker); Construction, Expansion & Remodeling (within shouting distance of this marker); What Did it Look Like? (within shouting distance of this marker); The Great Kiva (within shouting distance of this marker); Common Ground (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pleasant View.
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Lowry Pueblo National Historic Landmark
Also see . . . Lowry Pueblo National Historic Landmark (www.cyark.org).
Excerpt: The Lowry Pueblo National Historic Landmark is a Puebloan Great House that contains thirty-seven rooms, eight kivas, and one Great Kiva. Archaeologists have dated the construction and occupation of the site to 100 years in the 11th Century though there is evidence that people continued to use the site into the mid-1200s. Lowry(Submitted on December 27, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)Pueblo was first recorded in 1918 by the Jesse Walter Fewkes of the Smithsonian Institution's Bureau of American ethnology and was first excavated by Paul S. Martin from the Chicago based Field Museum in 1930, 1931, 1933 and 1934.Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 17, 20252. Life Outside MarkerLooking west from the Lowry Pueblo National Historic Landmark interpretive trail. The plaza is in the foreground, and the main pueblo structure is in the background.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 26, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 41 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 27, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
