Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum


More a museum than a park, with ancient Native American artifacts and the best pottery collection in the Southwest. Informative displays provide a good overview of area cultures. Outside you can climb down into a preserved cere­monial kiva built by the Ancestral Puebloans c 1100. The encroaching subdivision makes you wonder what other sites remain hidden under neighboring houses.


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