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 ...

AZTEC (AP) – Retired archaeologist Jeff Wharton used maps to explain the size of Aztec North, an unexcavated great house at Aztec Ruins National Monument, during a guided tour of a part of the park ...

AZTEC, N.M. -- Retired archaeologist Jeff Wharton used maps to explain the size of Aztec North, an unexcavated great house at Aztec Ruins National Monument, during a guided tour of a part of the park ...

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.