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NANKOWEAP RUIN THEN AND NOW { 15 images } Created 21 Feb 2021

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  • Nankoweap ruins with the collapsed front of  the third room, photographed 8/23/1981, historical record photo.  Grand Canyon National Park, © 1981 David A. Ponton
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  • Collapsed front of the third room in Nankoweap Ruin, photographed 8/23/1981, historical record photo. The dividing wall from the next room is visible. Grand Canyon National Park, © 1981 David A. Ponton
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  • Nankoweap ruins with the collapsed front of room 3, photographed 8/23/1981, historical record photo.  Grand Canyon National Park, © 1981 David A. Ponton
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  • Nankoweap ruins with restoration of the door on the third room, photographed 9/16/2015, Grand Canyon National Park, © David A. Ponton
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  • Nankoweap Ruin Room 4 with door and window, suggesting occupancy rather than just grain storage.  Mud mortar and stone construction, photographed 8/23/1981, historical record photo. Grand Canyon, © 1981 David A. Ponton
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  • Wood lintel on the door of Nankoweap Ruins room 2 is fully intact in 1981, well preserved by the weather protection in the alcove where the structures are built and the dry climate. The ledge in front of the lintel suggests that another round wood lintel is gone. Photographed 8/23/1981, historical record photo. Nankoweap Ruins, Grand Canyon, © 1981 David A. Ponton
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  • Nankoweap ruins, wood door lintel on room 2 is still intact 9/16/2015, recognizable as the same as photographed in 1981, peserved by weather protection in the alcove in which the ruins are built, the dry climate, and being on the back side of the stone lintel. Something brown has been packed into the intersection between the wood and stone above. The stone gaps above and and to the side have been filled, probably with mud mortar at the time room 3 was restored.  Grand Canyon National Park, © David A. Ponton
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  • Nankoweap ruins, room 4 door upper side photographed 9/16/2015, showing little change since 1981 photos also on this site. Remnants of wood door lintels are unchanged since 1981, preserved by weather protection under the overhanging canyon wall, dry climate, and being under a stone. A separate photo shows the stonework corbeling over the top of the opening.  Grand Canyon National Park, © David A. Ponton
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  • Window in Nankoweap Ruins room 4, with details of stone construction with mud mortar, photographed 8/23/1981, Grand Canyon, historical record photo, © 1981 David A. Ponton
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  • Window in Nankoweap Ruins room 4, with details of stone construction with mud mortar,  photographed 9/16/2015. Change is minor in the 34 years since the accompanying photo was taken. Grand Canyon National Park, © David A. Ponton
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  • Nankoweap ruins, room 4 door upper side  9/16/2015, showing little change since 1981. Remnants of wooden door lintels photographed in 1981 from a different angle, are unchanged since 1981, preserved by weather protection in the alcove, dry climate, and being within masonry. Wooden lintels are mostly construction aids. The stonework corbeling over the top of the opening, though not uniform, has provided enduring support. Grand Canyon National Park, © David A. Ponton
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  • Nankoweap ruins after major restoration of room 3 (from left), photographed 9/16/2015, Grand Canyon National Park. Because these "rooms" are quite small, they have been considered to be grain storage bins, but they art not sealed from rodents, as are grain storage structures elsewhere in the southwest, and Room 4 has a window, suggesting habitation. Grain could be stored in clay pots with tight lids. © David A. Ponton [Large file suitable for large print or wall panel]
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  • Nankoweap Ruins, camera placed inside room 4 gives a view of the Colorado River and a sandy high flat that could have been used by ancestral farmers, photographed 8/23/1981. Nankoweap Ruins, Grand Canyon, © 1981 David A. Ponton
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  • Camera placed inside room 1 gives a view of room 4, Nankoweap Ruins, Grand Canyon, photographed 8/23/1981, historical record photo. Grand Canyon National Park, © 1981 David A. Ponton
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  • Camera placed inside room 1 gives a view of room 4, Nankoweap Ruins, Grand Canyon, photographed 8/23/1981, historical record photo. Grand Canyon National Park, © 1981 David A. Ponton
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