Agate House is a partially
reconstructed Puebloan building in
Petrified Forest National Park
Petrified Forest National Park is an American national park in Navajo County, Arizona, Navajo and Apache County, Arizona, Apache counties in northeastern Arizona. Named for its large deposits of petrified wood, the park covers about , encompassin ...
, built almost entirely of
petrified wood. The eight-room pueblo has been dated to approximately the year 900 and occupied through 1200, of the
Pueblo II and
Pueblo III periods. The agatized wood was laid in a clay mortar, in lieu of the more usual sandstone-and-mortar masonry of the area.
The ruins of Agate House were reconstructed by the
Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933-34 under the direction of C.B. Cosgrove Jr. of the
New Mexico Laboratory of Anthropology. Room 7 was fully reconstructed with a new roof. Room 2's walls were rebuilt to a height of five feet, but not roofed, and the remaining walls were rebuilt to a height of two or three feet.
Agate House images
See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Navajo County, Arizona
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Petrified Forest National Park
References
External links
Petrified Forest National Park.gov: Agate House
{{National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places in Petrified Forest National Park
Civilian Conservation Corps in Arizona
Archaeological sites in Arizona
Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona
National Register of Historic Places in Navajo County, Arizona
Former populated places in Navajo County, Arizona
Protected areas of Navajo County, Arizona
Ancient Puebloan archaeological sites in Arizona