Te'ewi

Te'ewi (Tewa: Tayˀe Wiˀi Ówîngeh Kayyee) or Teeuinge is a Tewa Pueblo ancestral site in an address-restricted area of Abiquiú, New Mexico. It was occupied from around 1250 until around 1500.

Te'ewi is one of the principal Tewa Pueblo ancestral sites in New Mexico, US. It is situated in the southerly angle formed by the juncture of Rio Oso and Rio Chama. The site measures approximately 525 feet (160 m) by 210 feet (64 m). It is a large ruin situated on the rim of the mesa overlooking the valley, just below the confluence of the two rivers. It is about .25 miles (0.40 km) south of the river, and the bluff on which it stands is about 200 feet (61 m). The pueblo was constructed of adobe with some use of lava blocks in the foundation walls, and is now reduced to low mounds. It was built in two large adjoining quadrangles, or as one long rectangle divided by cross walls into two courts. The walls have a perimeter of 1,470 feet (450 m). Within and contiguous to the pueblo are ten circular, subterranean kivas. A few yards to the east is a ruined shrine in circular form, 8 feet (2.4 m) in diameter, built of lava blocks set on edge.

Coordinates: 36°06′15″N 106°09′14″W / 36.1043°N 106.1539°W / 36.1043; -106.1539

References

  1. ↑ Valdez, Roberto H. "A Case Study in Toponymy: Sampling and Classifying a Tri-Lingual Place Name Inventory Found in the North-Central State of New Mexico". digitalrepository.unm.edu. University of New Mexico. Retrieved October 11, 2026.
  2. ↑ Killion, Thomas W. (1992). Gardens of prehistory: the archaeology of settlement agriculture in Greater Mesoamerica. Society for American Archaeology. Meeting, University of Alabama Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-8173-0565-9. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  3. ↑ Curtis, Edward (1926). The North American Indian. Volume 17 - The Tewa. The Zuni. ~ Paperbound (Now in the public domain. ed.). Classic Books Company. pp. 191–. ISBN 978-0-7426-9817-8. Retrieved September 27, 2011. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  4. ↑ Hewett, Edgar Lee (1906). Antiquities of the Jemez Plateau, New Mexico (Now in the public domain. ed.). Govt. print. off. pp. 34–. Retrieved September 28, 2011.