Frances Canyon Ruin

United States historic place

Significant dates

Frances Canyon Ruin
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NM State Register of Cultural Properties

Southeastern side of the ruin
Nearest city	Blanco and Tierra Amarilla in New Mexico
Coordinates	36°45′54″N 107°29′53″W / 36.764873°N 107.497937°W / 36.764873; -107.497937
Area	2.5 acres (1.0 ha) (original) 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) (increase)
Built	1716
MPS	Navajo-Refugee Pueblo TR
NRHP reference No.	70000404^[1] (original) 87000244^[1] (increase)
NMSRCP No.	100
Added to NRHP	September 4, 1970
Boundary increase	January 21, 1987
Designated NMSRCP	September 12, 1969

The Frances Canyon Ruin is a Navajo pueblito near Blanco in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. Built ca. 1716,^[1] it reflects economic and social changes taking place among the Navajo of this area during the 18th century. In the previous century the Spanish introduced sheep, fruit, cattle, and horses into the area. This, along with the Navajo's adaptation of certain pueblo lifeways after the Pueblo Revolt (1680-1692), led to increased settlement size and new trade relations. This site can be contrasted with modern Navajo communities which consist of clusters of hogans, widely dispersed with a trade system based on scattered trading posts and the motor vehicle.

It is one of the Navajo pueblitos.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Frances Canyon Ruin". Retrieved August 5, 2019.

External links

"Frances Canyon Ruin" (Map). Farmington, New Mexico Convention and Visitor's Bureau. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
"Frances Canyon Ruin" (Pictures). Farmington Convention and Visitors Bureau. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
"Defensive Sites of Dinétah". U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Retrieved February 23, 2013.