Anasazi State Park Museum, Archaeological museum in Boulder, United States.
Anasazi State Park Museum is a Utah state park and museum in Boulder built around the Coombs Village Site, an Ancestral Puebloan village occupied from about 1160 to 1235 AD. Behind the museum, an L-shaped building has been reconstructed and can be entered; the site also holds open work shelters, storage pits and adobe pit houses. The museum displays pottery and thousands of artifacts from the 1958-1959 University of Utah excavation.
The Coombs Village Site was occupied from about 1160 to 1235 AD, when as many as 250 people lived in roughly 90 rooms forming two one-story apartment complexes. The University of Utah excavated briefly in 1958 and 1959 during the Glen Canyon Dam Project, uncovering thousands of artifacts. The town appears to have been abandoned after a village-wide fire, possibly during a serious drought.
The museum displays pottery and everyday objects that show how the Ancestral Puebloans lived and worked. Visitors can see the tools they used, the items they made, and how they organized their homes and community spaces.
The site is easy to explore with both indoor exhibits and open-air structures to visit. It works well for visitors who want to take time to walk around and observe, with clear paths throughout the grounds.
The 1958–1959 University of Utah excavation, part of the Glen Canyon Dam Project, uncovered thousands of artifacts and about 90 rooms in two one-story apartment complexes; roughly 100 structures have been found in all. Singed structural supports suggest the village was abandoned after a fire, possibly during a serious drought.
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