Near the end of January, we spent a few days staying in Sedona, Arizona. During one of those days, we took a driving tour of a few places in central Arizona that we wanted to revisit.
Our first stop was Tuzigoot National Monument near Cottonwood, Arizona. The hilltop pueblo was occupied from about 1000 to about 1400 A.D.
Metates were used for grinding grains.
From the Tuzigoot hilltop we could see our next destination, the old mining town of Jerome, perched on the side of a mountain.
The Jerome Grand Hotel where we stopped for lunch.
Looking down over the town of Jerome from the Grand Hotel
From Jerome we drove over to revisit Montezuma Castle National Monument. This cliff dwelling was occupied between about 1100 and 1425 A.D. It was mistakenly named by Europeans who believed it was connected to the Aztec emperor Montezuma.
A few miles from Montezuma Castle is Montezuma Well National Monument. This is a large sinkhole with a pool that is constantly kept full by natural springs.
The pool's level remains fairly constant with the excess water finding its way to base of a cliff at a nearby creek. The native people channeled this flow in a canal to irrigate nearby farm fields.
Interesting tree bark on a couple of trees near the creek
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