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Howiri

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Howiri-ouinge
Nearest cityOjo Caliente, New Mexico
Area25 acres (10 ha)
NRHP reference No.83001633[1]
Added to NRHPApril 7, 1983

Howiri ("gray projecting-point") is a Tewa Pueblo ancestral site in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. Its ten circular kivas are located on the east bank of Rio Ojo Caliente, near Homayo.[2] It was occupied from around 1400 until around 1525.[3] In 1983, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Taos County, New Mexico.

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Curtis, Edward. The North American Indian. Volume 17 - The Tewa. The Zuni. ~ Paperbound. Classic Books Company. pp. 191–. ISBN 978-0-7426-9817-8. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  3. ^ 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.