FARMINGTON — Aztec Ruins National Monument may be the subject of a centennial celebration this year marking its establishment in 1923, but the 318-acre, ancestral Puebloan site still possesses the ...

It was the evening after the winter solstice at Aztec Ruins National Monument in northwest New Mexico, near the town of Aztec. Although we were a day late per the solar calendar, the park service ...

A landscape restoration project is underway at Aztec Ruins National Monument that will see native vegetation planted and nurtured as part of an effort to protect the park’s cultural resources.

The inscriptions are essentially antique graffiti rendered with a lead pencil, quill pen, knife or other carving tool. Each inscription was photographed, measured, documented and interpreted.