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This is a list of archaeological sites in Chihuahua, Mexico.

Locations

Site name	Culture	Nearest town (modern name)	Location	Type	Description	Photo
Bocoyna	Tarahumara	Bocoyna			Ruins
Cerro Juanaqueña	Hohokam		Trincheras	Ruins
Cuarenta Casas	Mogollon culture	Vallecito			Ruins. Located at Cuarenta Casas.
Cueva del Puente	Mogollon culture	Vallecito			Ruins. Located at Cuarenta Casas.
Cueva de la Serpiente	Mogollon culture	Vallecito			Ruins, located at Cuarenta Casas.
Cueva Grande	Mogollon culture	Vallecito			Ruins. Located at Cuarenta Casas.
Cueva del Puente	Mogollon culture	Madera			Ruins. Located at Cuarenta Casas.
Cueva de las Ventanas	Mogollon culture	Vallecito			Ruins. Located at Cuarenta Casas.
Cueva de la Momia		Ciudad Madera			Ruins.
Cueva de la Olla		Nuevo Casas Grandes			Ruins
Cueva de la Ranchería		Ciudad Madera			Ruins
House of the Ovens	Mogollon culture	Janos			Ruins located at Casas Grandes that is part of a World Heritage Site. A single-story room and four kivas. It forms part of a larger complex consisting of nine rooms and two small plazas.
House of the Serpent	Mogollon culture	Janos			Ruins located at Casas Grandes that is part of a World Heritage Site. Originally consisted of 26 rooms and three plazas.
Cuarenta Casas	Mogollon culture	Vallecito			Ruins
Complejo Huapoca	Mogollon culture	Cuarenta Casas			Ruins
Cueva de la Olla	Mogollon culture	Cuarenta Casas			Ruins.
Cueva Grande	Mogollon culture	Cuarenta Casas			Ruins
Cueva de las Jarillas	Mogollon culture	Cuarenta Casas			Ruins
Huápoca	Mogollon culture	Ciudad Madera			Ruins
House of the Macaws	Mogollon culture	Janos			Ruins located at Casas Grandes that is part of a World Heritage Site. This site is so named because 122 birds were buried beneath its floors.
House of the Wells	Mogollon culture	Janos			Ruins located at Casas Grandes that is part of a World Heritage Site. The large storage cistern in one of its plazas that was fed from the common network.
Nido del Aguila	Mogollon culture	Vallecito			Ruins, located at Cuarenta Casas.
Paquimé / Casas Grandes	Mogollon culture	Janos			Ruins. Located at Casas Grandes, this is a World Heritage Site.
La Ranchería	Mogollon culture	Madera			Ruins. Located at Cuarenta Casas.

See also

• History of Chihuahua

Notes

1. ^ Austin and Lujan 40

References

• Alfredo Lopez Austin; Leonardo Lopez Lujan (2005). Mexico's Indigenous Past. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-08061-3723-0. Retrieved 20 November 2015.

• Archaeological sites in Chihuahua (state)
• Indigenous architecture of the Americas
• Lists of buildings and structures in Mexico
• Houses
• Religious places of the Indigenous peoples of North America
• Lists of pueblos