Bandelier National Monument
Bandelier National Monument is located near Los Alamos, New Mexico. The protected park extends over 33,000 acres and includes more than 70 miles of trails. Other than a nature and wilderness preservation site, Bandelier also preserves the homes and territory of the Ancestral Pueblo peoples. About Bandelier National Monument Over 10,000 years ago, nomadic hunter-gatherers arrived in the area. Around 1150 CE, the Ancestral Pueblo people started to build more permanent settlements. Traces of these settlements can be found in…