Casamero Pueblo

Casamero Pueblo is small Chacoan Outlier located against the majestic backdrop of the brilliant red sandstone cliffs of Tecolote (Owl) Mesa. The pueblo contains 22 ground floor rooms and may have had six second-story rooms. It was occupied between A.D. 1000 and 1125 and is an excellent example of a Chacoan Outlier, with characteristic core-veneer masonry, an associated Great Kiva, and two Chacoan roads.

Casamero was excavated between 1966 and 1967 and has since been completely stabilized so that the Chacoan masonry and the site layout are clearly visible to the public. Interpretive signs have been placed around the ruins.

  • ➠ Return to Chaco Culture National Historical Park
  • ➠ Return to Chaco Great Houses

    • Other Great Houses / Outliers

  • ➠ Aztec Ruins National Monument
  • ➠ White House (Canyon de Chelly National Monument)
  • ➠ Far View House (Mesa Verde National Park)
  • ➠ Salmon Ruins
  • ➠ Casamero Pueblo (BLM Lands)
  • ➠ The Dittert Site (El Malpais National Conservation Area)
  • ➠ Twin Angels Pueblo
  • ➠ Lowry Pueblo and Escalante Pueblo (Canyons of the Ancients National Monument)
  • ➠ Chimney Rock National Monument
  • ➠ Edge of the Cedars State Park
  • Casamero
    Chacoan Great House Casamero.
    Casamero
    Chacoan Great House Casamero.
    Casamero
    Window near central Kiva viewing the east.
    Casamero
    Window in roomblock viewing Owl Mesa to the West.
    Casamero
    View of the roomblock from the south.
    Casamero
    View of the roomblock facing west towards Owl Mesa.

    Photos by EMKotyk