Cerrillos Turquoise Mines

The Cerrillos Turquoise Mines are Ancestral Puebloan turquoise mines located in the Cerrillos Hills, 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Archeologists believe that most of the turquoise found at Chaco Canyon was mined in the Cerrillos Hills. Many modern Pueblo people claim to have ancient rights to these mines.^[1] In 1977, neutron activation analysis linked an artifact from Chetro Ketl to the Cerrillos mines.^[2]

References

^ Vivian & Hilpert 2012, pp. 82–83.
^ Mathien 2005, p. 18.

Bibliography

Mathien, Frances Joan (2005), Culture and Ecology of Chaco Canyon and the San Juan Basin, National Park Service, U. S. Department of the Interior
Vivian, R. Gwinn; Hilpert, Bruce (2012), The Chaco Handbook: An Encyclopedic Guide (2 ed.), University of Utah Press, ISBN 978-1-60781-195-4

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[FOOTNOTEVivianHilpert201282–83-1] Vivian & Hilpert 2012, pp. 82–83.

[FOOTNOTEMathien200518-2] Mathien 2005, p. 18.

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