Salmon Ruins and Heritage Park
| Type of Place: | Ancestral Puebloan site |
| Ownership: | San Juan County |
| Contact: | Salmon Ruins and Heritage Park, 6131 U.S. Highway 64, Bloomfield, NM 87413 |
| Telephone: | (505) 632-2013 |
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| Website: | Salmon Ruins |
| Hours: | Vary, see website |
| Entrance Fee: | Yes |
| Guided Tours: | No |
| Notes: | Salmon Ruins is part of the Center for Desert Archaeology’s Preservation Network |
| Nearby Heritage Sites: | Aztec Ruins National Monument, Chaco Culture NHP, Pueblitos of the Dinetah |
Site Summary: Salmon Ruins is an over 250-room pueblo village built in the Chaco Great House tradition. Archaeologists call these types of sites “outlier villages” as they are clearly part of the Chacoan architectural tradition, but constructed outside Chaco Canyon itself. Salmon Ruins was occupied from AD 1090 to 1280.
Photograph of Salmon Ruins © Adriel Heisey
