Hosta Butte
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Hosta Butte is an ancestral site southwest of Chaco Culture National Historical Park , New Mexico. Along with Gobernador Knob and Huérfano Mountain , it forms part of the Dinétah , considered to be the birthplace of early Navajo culture. [1] The mountain, with an elevation of 8,622 feet (2,628 m) , is in close proximity to Crownpoint, New Mexico . Due to its prominence in the cosmography of Native tribes in the area, the mountain contains a number of small shrines. [2] In 1877, photographer William Henry Jackson named the butte in honor of Francisco Hosta , who guided him to the Ancestral Puebloan ruins in Chaco Canyon. [3]
Uranium mining is exploited in the area, over some 3,020 acres, and forms part of the Grants Uranium Belt . [4]
References
- ↑ Carmean, Kelli (1 January 2002). Spider Woman Walks this Land: Traditional Cultural Properties and the Navajo Nation . Rowman Altamira. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-7591-0244-6 .
- ↑ Goodchild, Michael F.; Janelle, Donald G. (20 December 2003). Spatially Integrated Social Science . Oxford University Press. p. 420. ISBN 978-0-19-028828-0 .
- ↑ Vivian & Hilpert 2012 , pp. 150–52.
- ↑ "Crownpoint & Hosta Butte" . Encoreenergycorp.com . Retrieved 19 June 2015 .
- Bibliography
- Vivian, R. Gwinn; Hilpert, Bruce (2012), The Chaco Handbook: An Encyclopedic Guide (2 ed.), University of Utah Press, ISBN 978-1-60781-195-4
35°35′13″N 108°11′35″W / 35.587°N 108.193°W / 35.587; -108.193
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