Wupatki National Monument , desert area with archaeological sites in north-central Arizona , United States. It is located on the Little Colorado River near the San Francisco Mountains, 30 miles north-northeast of Flagstaff and 16 km northeast of Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument . Founded in 1924, the memorial covers an area of 142 square kilometers.
The monument consists of more than 800 pre-Columbian red sandstones Pueblos , including an oval amphitheater and a circular ball court. Studies of tree rings in their ancient wooden beams indicate that the pueblos, ranging from single-story single-family homes to multi-story dwellings (one with more than 100 rooms), were built between the 11th and 19th centuries 13th century were built. Their inhabitants were farming Native Americans (Sinagua, Kayenta Ancestral Pueblo [Anasazi] and Cohonina) that came with Corn (corn) seeds and digging sticks to maintain , the ash floors that covered the region after the 1064-1065 eruption of the Near Sunset Crater. The prominent groups of pueblos are the wupatki and the citadel, built near the rim of a sinkhole. A ring road connects the two monuments.