Big Bead Mesa

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Big Bead Mesa
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Nearest city	Casa Salazar, New Mexico
Built	1700
NRHP Reference #	66000958
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966^[1]
Designated NHL	July 19, 1964^[2]

Big Bead Mesa (Navajo: Yooʼtsoh) is a Navajo village site near Casa Salazar, New Mexico, within Cibola National Forest.

Occupied from about 1745 to 1812, this is an impressive fortified Navajo village site. After moving into the Big Bead Mesa region, the Navajos established a stronghold that menaced the pueblos of Laguna and Acoma, and formed an alliance with the Gila Apaches. The site is an important representative of patterns of trade and raiding that characterized Navajo relations with Pueblos, Apache, and Hispanics.^[2]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 3 "Big Bead Mesa". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
↑ Note: A National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination document should be available upon request from the National Park Service for this site, but it appears not to be available on-line from the NPS Focus search site.

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