Pueblo Shé Ruin
Pueblo Shé is a large Pueblo IV–Classic period Ancestral Pueblo village with principal occupation dating to the 15th century (AD 1375–1500). It is about 23 miles south of Santa Fe on the west side of the Arroyo de la Jara. Above is the survey of Pueblo Blanco's room blocks and geologial featuret, by Danish archeologist, Nels C. Nelson, 1914. Nelson measured at least 14 separate roomblock buildings and 5 middens (refuse mounds). Separate roomblocks are often connected at right angles, producing 7 compltetey enclosed plazas. Nelson's survey established that the ruins are composed of at least 1,543 ground-floor rooms but which was perhaps half of the total given the secon and third story rooms.
Elevation is1576 meters (5170 feet) above sea level.
Coordinates: 35°19'53.0"N 105°55'01.3"W
35.331392, -105.917026
Materials: masonry and adobe walls, wood log roof structure, with mud/clay roof over brush and wood purlins.
Photomontage of Pueblo She, upon an aerial photo of the actual site, looking east toward the Arroyo de la Jara.
Looking east.
Looking south.
Looking north.
Looking north.
Looking southeast.
Looking southwest.
Looking north.
The plan view of Pueblo Shé with graphic scale and orientation.
Data for CG model:
1. Nelson, Nels C, 1914. Pueblo ruins of the Galisteo basin, New Mexico (Anthropological papers of the American museum of Natural History. Vol. XV, pt. I. The Trustees. 1914)
2. Galisteo Basin Archaeological Sites Protection Act https://galisteo.nmarchaeology.org/sites/pueblo-she.html