Indian Pueblo Pictures, Images and Stock Photos

Mesa Verde is a National Park in southern Colorado and UNESCO World Heritage Site. The site is renown for the numerous Pueblo people villages and ruins. One of the best known is the spectacular cliff dwelling of Cliff Palace, thought to be the largest cliff dwelling in North America. No one knows why these settlements were abandoned after a relatively short period of habitation.

19th century indian petroglyph art photographed on public land in Southern Utah.

Acoma Pueblo, United States - March 19, 2016: The Acoma Pueblo sits on a mesa 365 feet above the desert floor, with no running water or electricity available. Having been consistently inhabited since the early 13th century, currently there are about 300 adobe and stucco homes there, with 30 year round residents. This Native American tribe has approximately 5,000 members today, with the little pueblo's population swelling on the weekends with family members visiting their ancestral homes and tourists taking part in guided tours. Pictured here is a pottery artist with her young granddaughter.

Vintage engraving of Pueblo Indian village, Mexico. Ferdinand Hirts Geographische Bildertafeln,1886.

Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park is the largest cliff dwelling in North America and stands in southwestern Colorado. Ancestral Puebloans inhabited the ancient city continuously from 1190 - 1260 AD.

Mesa Verde National Park encompasses many cliff dwellings of the Anasazi people, so it is appropriate that the headquarters building is designed like a shelter underneath a curved rock, with a 20 foot bronze sculpture of one of "The Ancient Ones" seemingly climbing the cliffside with a burden upon his back.

Isla del Viejo, Oaxaca, Mexico, March 22 -- A couple of woman in a window with an old election advertisement in the village of Isla del Viejo Soyaltepec in the middle of the Miguel Aleman lake in the northern Oaxaca in Mexico. The lake of artificial origin was formed with the construction of the Miguel Alemán dam between the heights of the Cerro de Oro. This community maintains traditions and lifestyles related to environmental conservation and sustainability.

Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Tourists circle around one of the kivas at the ruined cliff dwelling.

Anasazi adobe remains intrigue the mind in an exploration to find pieces of the past. The warmth of the tones is from the glow of the mid day sun light hitting perpendicular the sand stone.

Acoma Pueblo is a Native American pueblo located sixty miles west of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Pueblo people are descends from the Anasazi, Mogollon, and other ancient peoples. The influences from the ancient tribes are seen in the architecture and the artistry of Acoma.

Long house cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde, Colorado

The cliff dwelling of Ancient Pueblo in Mesa Verde National Park of Colorado, southwest USA. The Cliff Palace features various adobe building structures on the face of the cliff in Mesa Verde National Park with living quarters, community space, storage areas, and spiritual kivas, beautifully conceived architectural were built by the ancient Pueblo tribes.

The ancient Kin Kletso ruins in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

Wupatki Pueblo structure in northeastern Arizona.

Three silhouettes of figures walking down the street. Historic Taos Pueblo - traditional buildings made of ocher colored clay. This is the oldest city in the United States. New Mexico, USA, World Heritage Site by UNESCO

A close up of a wall provides details, such as what it's constructed of.

Teenage girl lost in thought while visitng the Cliff Palace cliff dwelling inhabited until the 13th century by Ancient Puebloans (Anasazi), Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, USA

A view of the Cliff Palace, the largest Ancestral Puebloans cliff dwelling in North America, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, USA.

Mancos, United States - April 24, 2016: Mesa Verde National Park encompasses many cliff dwellings of the Anasazi people, so it is appropriate that the headquarters building is designed like a shelter underneath a curved rock, with a 20 foot bronze sculpture of one of "The Ancient Ones" seemingly climbing the cliffside with a burden upon his back.

Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, USA - May 14, 2015: The visitor center building at the entrance of Mesa Verde National Park.

Grand Canyon Village, Arizona, USA - June 20, 2017: Hopi House, Grand Canyon Village, Arizona. The building in the style of ancient buildings of the Indian tribe Hopi. Tourist attractions of the Grand Canyon Village. Tourists, walking in the Grand Canyon Village

Grand Canyon Village, Arizona, USA - October 02, 2004: Hopi House at Grand Canyon National Park South Rim. Built in 1904 as a market for Native American crafts, in the style of a Hopi dwelling.

The Salinas pueblo mission was once a thriving community but disease, drought, famine and Apache raids led to its abandonment in 1673

Moqui, one of the seven Aztec or Moquis Pablas (Pueblo) Indian cities of the deserts of Arizona, USA. Historical view of 19th century. Wood engraving, published in 1880.

The Cliff Palace, one of the largest and most famous cliff dwelling site of the ancient pueblo tribe in the Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, USA. The complex adobe cliff architecture was built by the southwest American ancient Pueblo, featuring housing, worship sites, storage and community space.

"Tourists explore the red orange Wukoki Pueblo Ruins of Wupatki National Monument.The ruins within Wupatki National Monument were inhabited by The Sinaqua Indians from about 1100AD to 1250AD. The Sinaqua are believed to be ancestors of the Hopi Indian Tribe. Other pueblo sites at the Monument are Wupatki, Citadel, Nalakihu and Lomaki. The ruins are located in the Painted Desert north of Flagstaff, Arizona"

Ladder leads to a cave ruin in Bandalier National Monument, New Mexico

Kin Kletso at Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico

Detailed illustration of a Isometric Western Rural Pueblo Basic Set Tiles This illustration is saved in EPS10 with color space in RGB.

Petroglyph drawings on a rock face of the Pueblo civilization, Mesa Verde national park, Colorado, United States of America (USA).

A illustration of Pueblo musicians. Vector file.

church of indian Pueblo village

"The Taos Pueblo is probably considered one of the world's first apartment buildings. Dating back about 1,000 years, these pueblos were once only accessible through holes in the roof. There is still no electricity or running water in these buildings, and the exteriors are replastered with adobe each year."

Cliff Dwelling

The large central plaza in Acoma Pueblo (Sky City), New Mexico, a Native American pueblo dating back to the 13th century.

Abo Ruins in Salinas Pueblo National Monument , New Mexico

City built in the side of a cliff

Entrance sign at the remote New Mexico World Heritage Site preserving ancient Indian ruins.

Isla del Viejo, Oaxaca, Mexico, March 22 -- An elderly person sitting near the ruins of a church in the village of Isla del Viejo Soyaltepec in the middle of the Miguel Aleman lake in the northern Oaxaca in Mexico. The lake of artificial origin was formed with the construction of the Miguel Alemán dam between the heights of the Cerro de Oro. This community maintains traditions and lifestyles related to environmental conservation and sustainability.

Mesa Verde National Park, CO - July 26, 2008: A park ranger speaks to a tour group prior to descending to the ancient Anasazi ruins of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park.

Pueblo native Americans associated with the Mogollon culture of the Southwest USA selected natural caves to build dwellings in what is now the Gila National Forest. This cliff site is included in Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument in the Gila National Forest of southwestern New Mexico.

Traditional horno bread baking domed ovens in front of the adobe houses with vividly colored doors, ancient Taos Pueblo, UNESCO world heritage site in New Mexico, USA

Pueblo Boniyo is the largest Great House built by Chacoans as a gathering place for visitors from throuhgout the region.

Santa Fe, USA - June 14, 2019: Old town street and trading post in United States New Mexico city with old architecture

Sitting near a massive balanced red rock boulder, a pair of trail runners/hikers, a man and woman, look out over the canyon country from the shade of a rock overhang housing extremely well preserved Ancestral Pueblo ruins that were once occupied around 1250 A.D. on the Cedar Mesa in Utah.

Ancient Native American Rock Art in Petroglyph National Monument, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Ancient town of pre-historic Indian cultures of American Southwest, Hovenweep National Monument, Colorado, USA

Isla del Viejo, Oaxaca, Mexico, March 22 -- A view of the village of Isla del Viejo Soyaltepec in the middle of the Miguel Aleman lake in the northern Oaxaca in Mexico, with traditional palm-leaf houses. The lake of artificial origin was formed with the construction of the Miguel Alemán dam between the heights of the Cerro de Oro. This community maintains traditions and lifestyles related to environmental conservation and sustainability.

Historical market scene in Chihuahua City - state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Wood engraving, published in 1893.

San Estevan del Rey Mission Church, a National Historic Landmark, was built in 1629 by Franciscans to control and acculturate the people at the Acoma Pueblo. This ancient Acoma village is located at the top of a mesa, over 360 feet above the ground and is one of the oldest continuously occupied places in the United States.

Spiral circle of life petroglyph. Ancient Pueblo etching located at Petroglyph National Monument, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Isla del Viejo, Oaxaca, Mexico, March 22 -- Four generations of women in one family in the village of Isla del Viejo Soyaltepec in the middle of the Miguel Aleman lake in the northern Oaxaca in Mexico. The lake of artificial origin was formed with the construction of the Miguel Alemán dam between the heights of the Cerro de Oro. This community maintains traditions and lifestyles related to environmental conservation and sustainability.

Petroglyph at the Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, southwest United States. The petroglyph done by the ancient Pueblo tribes were part of the attraction at the Mesa Verde National Park, a popular historic park visited by many in the United States. Photographed on location in horizontal format.