Escavada Wash is a tributary of the

Chaco Wash The Chaco Wash is an Arroyo (creek), arroyo (a periodic stream) cutting through Chaco Canyon, which is located in northwestern New Mexico on the Colorado Plateau. Another arroyo known as Escavada Wash is a tributary that feeds in from the northe ...

, in

Chaco Canyon Chaco Culture National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in the American Southwest hosting a large concentration of pre-Columbian indigenous ruins of pueblos. The park is located in northwestern New Mexico, betwee ...

New Mexico New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...

, United States. It flows south and west from its origin near Lybrook and meets the Chaco Wash at the west end of the canyon. Several small

Ancestral Puebloan The Ancestral Puebloans, also known as Ancestral Pueblo peoples or the Basketmaker-Pueblo culture, were an ancient Native American culture of Pueblo peoples spanning the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, comprising southe ...

archeological sites border the wash, which is located north of the Chacoan great house

Pueblo Alto Pueblo Alto ("High Village" in Spanish) is an Ancestral Puebloan The Ancestral Puebloans, also known as Ancestral Pueblo peoples or the Basketmaker-Pueblo culture, were an ancient Native American culture of Pueblo peoples spanning the pr ...

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* Chaco Canyon Chaco Culture National Historical Park Colorado Plateau Geography of New Mexico Arroyos and washes of the United States {{NewMexico-geo-stub