IntroductionAztec West, generally associated with the Aztec Ruins complex near present-day Aztec, New Mexico, is one of the most significant Ancestral Puebloan great-house communities in the American Southwest.Despite its name, the site was not built by the Aztecs of central Mexico.The name was assigned much later by Euro-American settlers who initially misunderstood the archaeological remains.The community flourished primarily during the twelft…
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