List of archaeological sites in Chihuahua, Mexico facts for kids
This is a list of archaeological sites in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Locations
| Site name | Culture | Nearest town (modern name) | Location | Type | Description | Photo |
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| Bocoyna | Tarahumara | Bocoyna | Ruins | |||
| Cerro Juanaqueña | Hohokam | Trincheras | Ruins | |||
| Cuarenta Casas | Mogollon culture | Vallecito | Ruins. Located at Cuarenta Casas. |  |
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| Cueva del Puente | Mogollon culture | Vallecito | Ruins. Located at Cuarenta Casas. | |||
| Cueva de la Serpiente | Mogollon culture | Vallecito | Ruins, located at Cuarenta Casas. | |||
| Cueva Grande | Mogollon culture | Vallecito | Ruins. Located at Cuarenta Casas. | |||
| Cueva del Puente | Mogollon culture | Madera | Ruins. Located at Cuarenta Casas. | |||
| Cueva de las Ventanas | Mogollon culture | Vallecito | Ruins. Located at Cuarenta Casas. |  |
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| Cueva de la Momia | Ciudad Madera | Ruins. | ||||
| Cueva de la Olla | Nuevo Casas Grandes | Ruins |  |
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| Cueva de la Ranchería | Ciudad Madera | Ruins | ||||
| House of the Ovens | Mogollon culture | Janos | Ruins located at Casas Grandes that is part of a World Heritage Site. A single-story room and four kivas. It forms part of a larger complex consisting of nine rooms and two small plazas. | |||
| House of the Serpent | Mogollon culture | Janos | Ruins located at Casas Grandes that is part of a World Heritage Site. Originally consisted of 26 rooms and three plazas. | |||
| Cuarenta Casas | Mogollon culture | Vallecito | Ruins | |
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| Complejo Huapoca | Mogollon culture | Cuarenta Casas | Ruins |  |
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| Cueva de la Olla | Mogollon culture | Cuarenta Casas | Ruins. | |
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| Cueva Grande | Mogollon culture | Cuarenta Casas | Ruins |  |
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| Cueva de las Jarillas | Mogollon culture | Cuarenta Casas | Ruins |  |
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| Huápoca | Mogollon culture | Ciudad Madera | Ruins |  |
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| House of the Macaws | Mogollon culture | Janos | Ruins located at Casas Grandes that is part of a World Heritage Site. This site is so named because 122 birds were buried beneath its floors. | |||
| House of the Wells | Mogollon culture | Janos | Ruins located at Casas Grandes that is part of a World Heritage Site. The large storage cistern in one of its plazas that was fed from the common network. | |||
| Nido del Aguila | Mogollon culture | Vallecito | Ruins, located at Cuarenta Casas. | |||
| Paquimé / Casas Grandes | Mogollon culture | Janos | Ruins. Located at Casas Grandes, this is a World Heritage Site. |  |
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| La Ranchería | Mogollon culture | Madera | Ruins. Located at Cuarenta Casas. |
See also
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