Lowry Pueblo

Lowry Pueblo is located in southwestern Colorado, within the Canyons Of The Ancients National Monument, and is reached by a nine mile-long side road going west from U.S. Highway 491.  Only about the first three miles are paved, so driving there takes a bit of patience.  Lowry was a Chacoan outlier, and would have been near the northwest corner of the Chaco Culture area.  The pueblo includes a multi-roomed great house and separate great kiva.

Lowry was the third and last place to which I made a return visit.  Its modern facilities were very simple, including two restrooms, a few picnic tables, a paved walkway around the great house and another walkway leading to the great kiva.  The was no place to pay an admission fee, and no one to pay it to.  I had the site all to myself.

Here's a view of the Lowry great house from a point along the walkway.  Part of the great house has been given a protective cover.

Here's the covered section from a different viewing point.  Part of the covered section is accessible.  Note the T-shaped opening at the left.

I had to crouch down to get through this door.  The original floor was probably several feet lower than it is now.  Note the smaller openings at either side of the door.

Once past the door, I could see the uncovered section of the great house.

The great kiva was too large to conveniently fit into a single photo, especially if I wanted to show the structures on its floor.  This next picture shows the part that is closer to the great house.

The last picture shows a section of the kiva that is opposite the great house.