Tonque Pueblo, Archaeological site in Sandoval County, US.

Tonque Pueblo is a severely eroded adobe ruin in Sandoval County, New Mexico, about 7 miles southeast of San Felipe Pueblo. It held between 1500 and 2000 rooms, probably never more than one storey high, laid out in an E shape: four east-west arms 120 to 280 metres long and 4 to 10 rooms wide, plus a north-south block along the west side, now mostly destroyed. It sits on the north edge of Tonque arroyo, with a spring on the south side.

Tonque Pueblo was occupied from the early 14th century until the middle of the 16th century. Gaspar Castaño de Sosa may have passed two unnamed pueblos here in 1591, and Oñate possibly recorded it as El Tuerte in 1598. Tree-ring dating points to a late 16th-century drought, while De Sosa's journal describes pueblos abandoned days before amid warfare; excavation shows Tonque was already declining.

The name derives from the Tewa word 'tung', meaning basket or tray, which implies the site was known as the Pueblo of Basket Makers. Alphonse Bandelier recorded in 1892 that it was a Tano village called Tunque, El-Tunque, Tungee or Tun-ge. Visitors may spot sherds of the cream-to-light-orange glazed pottery that was produced here between AD 1350 and 1450.

The site is not freely accessible and remains under San Felipe Pueblo's protection, so visits require prior authorization and organized tours. Interested visitors should contact local authorities or San Felipe Pueblo directly to understand access conditions.

This pueblo was a major pottery production center, supplying roughly one-third of all glazed ceramics used across middle Rio Grande valley pueblos. Such specialized craft expertise made it an important trade hub for neighboring communities.