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Canyons of the Ancients National Monument : ウィキペディア英語版 | Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
Canyons of the Ancients National Monument is a national monument protecting an archaeologically-significant landscape located in the southwestern region of the U.S. state of Colorado. The monument's 〔 are managed by the Bureau of Land Management, as directed in the Presidential proclamation which created the site on June 9, 2000. Canyons of the Ancients encompasses and surrounds three of the four separate sections of Hovenweep National Monument, which is administered by the National Park Service. The monument was proclaimed in order to preserve the largest concentration of archaeological sites in the United States, primarily Ancestral Puebloan ruins. As of 2005, over 6,000 individual archeological sites had been identified within the monument. ==Geography== Canyons of the Ancients National Monument is located 9 miles west of Pleasant View, Colorado in southwestern Colorado.〔Woodall, Kristina L. (''History and Intent of the Proclamation for Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.'' ) Bureau of Land Management. pp. 1, 34. Retrieved 9-24-2011.〕〔Gregory, Lee. ''Colorado Scenic Guide: Southern Region.'' Johnson Books, Boulder, Colorado, 1996 (1st edition 1984). pp. 17-18. ISBN 1-55566-145-9.〕 The monument's northern and eastern boundaries are canyons. Its western boundary is the Colorado-Utah state border. Lands south are bordered by the Ute Mountain Reservation and McElmo Creek.〔Woodall, Kristina L. (''History and Intent of the Proclamation for Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.'' ) Bureau of Land Management. pp. 33-34. Retrieved 9-24-2011.〕
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