Hovenweep

A view of the ruins named Squre Tower and Hovenweep Castle
Square Tower and Hovenweep Castle
Closeup of Hovenweep Castle
Hovenweep Castle

The people of the Hovenweep area were strongly influenced by the people of Mesa Verde. And like the people of Mesa Verde, they abandoned the Hovenweep area about the same time, some going southeast to the Pajarito Plateau and Rio Chama Valley, some going southwest to the Hopi mesas.

Somewhere I came across something about the people of the Poshuouingeh area coming from the Upper San Juan drainage, perhaps the Lowry or Yellowjacket Pueblo areas.

The stone and mud walls of the Twin Towers ruin
The Twin Towers
Photos courtesy of the National Park Service

Sites of the Ancients and approximate dates of occupation:

Ancestors Index
Atsinna : 1275-1350
Awat'ovi : 1200-1701
Aztec : 1100-1275
Bandelier : 1200-1500
Betatakin : 1275-1300
Casa Malpais : 1260-1420
Chaco Canyon : 850-1145
Cicuyé : 800-1838
Fourmile Ranch : 1276-1450
Giusewa : 1560-1680
Hawikuh : 1400-1680
Homol'ovi : 1100-1400
Hovenweep : 50-1350
Jeddito : 800-1700
Kawaika'a : 1375-1580
Keet Seel : 1250-1300
Kuaua : 325-1580
Mesa Verde : 600-1275
Montezuma Castle : 1200-1400
Payupki : 1680-1745
Poshuouingeh : 1375-1500
Pottery Mound : 1320-1550
Puyé : 1200-1580
Sikyátki : 1375-1625
Snaketown : 300 BCE-1050
Tonto Basin : 700-1450
Tuzigoot : 1125-1400
Wupatki/Wukoki : 500-1225
Wupatupqa : 1100-1250
Yucca House : 1100-1275