Fesere

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Fesere is one of the principal Tewa Pueblo ancestral sites in New Mexico, US. [1] The prehistoric pueblo is situated on a mesa west or south of the Rio Chama, near Abiquiu, Rio Arriba County. [2]

New Mexico State of the United States of America

New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States of America; its capital and cultural center is Santa Fe, which was founded in 1610 as capital of Nuevo México, while its largest city is Albuquerque with its accompanying metropolitan area. It is one of the Mountain States and shares the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona; its other neighboring states are Oklahoma to the northeast, Texas to the east-southeast, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua to the south and Sonora to the southwest. With a population around two million, New Mexico is the 36th state by population. With a total area of 121,592 sq mi (314,920 km2), it is the fifth-largest and sixth-least densely populated of the 50 states. Due to their geographic locations, northern and eastern New Mexico exhibit a colder, alpine climate, while western and southern New Mexico exhibit a warmer, arid climate.

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References

  1. Curtis, Edward (1926). The North American Indian. Volume 17 - The Tewa. The Zuni. ~ Paperbound (Now in the public domain. ed.). Classic Books Company. pp. 191–. ISBN   978-0-7426-9817-8 . Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. Hodge, Frederick Webb (1907). Handbook of American Indians north of Mexico (Now in the public domain. ed.). Govt. print. off. pp. 456–. Retrieved 28 September 2011.