New Mexico Ghost Towns

County: Sandoval 

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Year Established: 1325

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Year Abandoned: February 1541

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Remains: Extensive remains! MUST SEE!

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About: The Coronado Historic Site is most noted for Kuaua Pueblo.The ruins of Kuaua Pueblo were excavated from 1934 to 1939 by an archaeological team led by Edgar Lee Hewett and Marjorie F. Tichy (later Lambert). The excavation revealed a south-to-north development over the village's three centuries of existence, as well as six kivas built in round, square and rectangular shapes. The site is particularly noted for a series of pre-contact (pre-1541) murals that were recovered from a square kiva in the pueblo's south plaza. These murals represent one of the finest examples of pre-contact Native American art to be found anywhere in North America.