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New Mexico’s Acoma “Sky City”—possibly North America’s oldest continuously inhabited community

KCBX | By Tom Wilmer
Published March 25, 2017 at 2:02 AM PDT
Acoma Catholic Church where Native American ceremonies are conducted along with traditional Catholic services
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Acoma Catholic Church where Native American ceremonies are conducted along with traditional Catholic services
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There is no electricty or running water at Acoma Sky City
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There is no electricty or running water at Acoma Sky City
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Acoma Sky City art vendor
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Acoma Sky City art vendor
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Life at Acoma Sky City unchanged in many ways since time immemorial
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Life at Acoma Sky City unchanged in many ways since time immemorial
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Revered Acoma pottery
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Revered Acoma pottery
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Dramatic vista from mesa top at Acoma Sky City
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Dramatic vista from mesa top at Acoma Sky City
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Acoma architecture is distinctive and timeless
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Acoma architecture is distinctive and timeless
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Acoma architecture
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Acoma architecture
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View from Acoma mesa with load leading to pueblo in distance.
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View from Acoma mesa with load leading to pueblo in distance.
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Acoma is graced with distinctive architecture
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Acoma is graced with distinctive architecture

Sky City is located atop a 367 foot-tall sandstone monolith. Continuously inhabited since 1150 A.D., there is no running water or electricity at Acoma in New Mexico. Located off interstate 40 an hour and a half west of Albuquerque, tours are offered to the public daily. Acoma’s Sky City Cultural Center/Haak’u Museum includes fascinating interpretive displays and is the meeting spot for joining guided tours of the pueblo—a National Trust for Historic Preservation registered historic site.

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Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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