Navajo National Monument

Navajo National Monument is a National Monument situated inside of the northwest divide of the Navajo Nation region in northern Arizona, which was built up to protect three-very much safeguarded precipice residences of the Ancestral Puebloan People: Keet Seel (Kitsʼiil), Betatakin (Bitátʼahkin), and Inscription House (Tsʼah Biiʼ Kin). The landmark is high on the Shonto level, disregarding the Tsegi Canyon framework, west of Kayenta, Arizona. It highlights a guest focus with an exhibition hall, two short independently directed plateau top trails, two little campgrounds, and an outing region. Officers guide guests on free voyages through the Keet Seel and Betatakin bluff abodes. The Inscription House site, assist west, is presently shut to free.

The Sandal Trail is an available independently directed walk that gives perspectives of the fabulous canyonlands and tough geography close to the guest focus. Interpretive signs give data on neighborhood greenery and different points. The 1-mile (1.6 km) round-excursion trail closes at a neglect of the Betatakin ruins over the 560-foot-profound (170 m) Betatakin Canyon. The National Monument was recorded on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.

Keet Seel or Kiet Siel (Kįtsʼiil), which stands for "broken house" in Navajo, is a well preserved cliff dwelling of the ancientAnasazi people located in a branch of the Tsegi Canyon in the Kayenta region. The site was first occupied at around AD 1250, during a time in which a large number of people were believed to be aggregating in sites such as this in this part of the American Southwest. There was a construction boom at Keet Seel between AD 1272 and 1275, with construction then slowly tapering off and halting completely at AD 1286. Once construction halted in AD 1286, there was no evidence of structures being built until its subsequent abandonment some 20 years later. It is believed that, at its peak, up to 150 people inhabited this site at one time. Due to the extremely dry climate and natural overhanging cliff, the conditions at Keet Seel were quite optimal^{[citation needed]} for excellent preservation of the site's dwellings and artifacts. Keet Seel is considered by many archaeological experts to be one of the best preserved larger ruins in the American Southwest.