Nuevo Alto 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 present-day Four Corners region of the United States, comprising southe ...

great house A great house is a large house or mansion with luxurious appointments and great retinues of indoor and outdoor staff. The term is used mainly historically, especially of properties at the turn of the 20th century, i.e., the late Victorian or ...

and archaeological site located 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 ...

, in the US state of

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 ...

. It was built on the north mesa near

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 ...

, and was founded in the late 12th century, a time when the Chacoan population was declining; it was part of a new wave, beginning in the AD 1080s, of great houses that were more compact and had different architecture than previous complexes.. None of the ancient Chacoan roads leads to Nuevo Alto..

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* . Colorado Plateau Chaco Canyon Former populated places in New Mexico Chaco Culture National Historical Park Ancestral Puebloans {{NewMexico-geo-stub