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Tsirege Pueblo – Artist Reconstruction
Tsirege Pueblo LA-UR-12-20385
“Tsirege” is a Tewa language name meaning “Bird Place.” Early 20th century
archaeologist Edgar Lee Hewett translated the Tewa term into the Spanish word
for “little bird,” pajarito, which he then applied to the overall Pajarito Plateau.
Tsirege Pueblo was occupied by the ancestors of the Pueblo of San Ildefonso
between approximately AD 1325 and the late AD 1500s, after which time they
moved down to the Rio Grande due to extended drought conditions.
Tsirege Pueblo consists of two main sections. The mesa top section contains a
“U”-shaped set of masonry roomblocks surrounding a large open plaza, while the
southern cliff face section consists of talus slope rooms and associated
hand excavated cavate rooms along the northern side of Pajarito Canyon.
It is estimated that approximately 800 habitation, storage, and ceremonial rooms are
present at Tsirege Pueblo, with some roomblocks reaching a height of 4 stories.
Not all rooms were occupied at any one time, but rather represent accumulated
growth and change within the overall 200+ year existence of the Pueblo.
Artifacts
Stairway/Trails
Petroglyphs
Cavates from road