Gran Quivira is the largest of the three sites within the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. It is located about 25 miles south of #Mountainair, #NewMexico. It preserves the ruins of a large pueblo, once known as Las Humanas, and two Spanish mission churches built by the Tompiro people.

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The Tompiro inhabited Abo Pueblo. They were important traders, exchanging valuable salt from the Salinas region for bison products and other goods with Great Plains tribes, and acted as intermediaries between the Plains and Rio Grande Valley peoples. The pueblo structures were built with local red sandstone. The village was abandoned around 1672 due to disease, drought and Apache raids.

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The Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument encompasses three sites: Abó, Quarai, and Gran Quivira. All three are around Mountainair, New Mexico, where the main visitor center is located.

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San Ysidro & San Buenaventura Missions | Las Humanas, or Gran Quivira, is one of three sites that comprise the Salinas Pueblo Missions NM. Salinas is Spanish for “salt beds,” a reference to the extensive salt deposits east of the pueblo. Salt was more valuable than gold in the ancient world, a critical commodity used to preserve and flavor food - https://newmexiconomad.com/gran-quivera-missions/

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Photographer 📸 Sumiko Scott, aka @desertmoon2020 on Instagram - "Abo Ruin, Salinas Pueblo Missions, NM🤍This day was not the best day to visit due to thick clouds☁️So I was disappointed at first, but after taking a few pictures, I thought it wasn't too bad😊"

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