Tapicito Ruin
The Tapicito Ruin consists of four fairly well preserved rooms, one with the roof intact and three additional indicated by foundations and masonry fall.
The construction is unusual for sites of the Gobernador Phase V, of Navajo history, to which it is attributed, because of the rubble cored masonry construction and its unique non-defensive location on an open bench. Tree ring dates from the site indicate it was constructed in the 1690's making it one of the earliest of the dated Navajo refugee pueblitos.
The roofed room is in very good shape (except for some graffiti that some low life idiots left on the walls). There is a fireplace in the room still in excellent condition.
Tapicito Ruin was nominated to the national register of historic places in 1975. The site was stabilized by the BLM Stabilization Team in 1975.
Information contained on this page is loosely quoted from a historic marker located at the ruins.
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