Arizona

Tuzigoot National Monument is a magnificent place to visit. There is a fee to enter the area. There is museum exhibiting Sinaguan artifacts in Arizona. There is also a small bookstore in the Visitor Center. Summers are generally hot and dry. Tuzigoot National Monument is 52 miles south of Flagstaff and 90 miles north of Phoenix and is located in Yavapai County, Arizona. The ancient village is located near the towns of Clarkdale and Cottonwood. The ruins are close to the Verde River valley. Tuzigoot is the largest and best-preserved of the many Sinagua pueblo ruins in the Verde Valley. At Tuzigoot there is a cluster of buildings on top of a small ridge. This ridge sits above Arizona’s Verde River. Tuzigoot is an Apache word meaning “crooked water”.

At Tuzigoot you will find the ruins of the Sinagua Indians and; these ruins are dated between 1100 and 1450 AD. The ruins consisted of two stories and 110 rooms. The Sinagua people were peaceful prehistoric people who were farmers as well as hunters. They grew corn, beans and squash. Sinagua is the Spanish word for “without water”. The origins of the Sinagua people are uncertain as well as why they vanished.

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