Poshuouinge

Poshuouinge
Poshuouinge potsherds

Poshuouinge (pronounced "poe-shoo-wingay") is a large ancestral Pueblo ruin[1] located on U.S. Route 84, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Abiquiu, New Mexico. Its builders were the ancestors of the Tewa Pueblos who now (2011) reside in Santa Clara Pueblo and San Juan Pueblo. It has also been referred to informally as Turquoise Ruin, although there is no evidence that turquoise has ever been found in the area.[2] Poshuouinge is situated 3 miles (4.8 km) upstream and due west of another Tewa Pueblo ancestral site, Tsama.[1]

  1. ^ a b Koenig, Harriet (March 2005). Acculturation in the Navajo Eden: New Mexico, 1550-1750, Archaeology, Language, Religion of the Peoples of the Southwest. YBK Publishers, Inc. pp. 22, 80, 90–. ISBN 978-0-9764359-1-4. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  2. ^ Morgan, William N. (1994). Ancient architecture of the Southwest. University of Texas Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-292-75159-0. Retrieved 26 September 2011.