WHEN MY HUSBAND WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL WE VISITED SUNSET CRATER VOLCANO. A SERIES OF ERUPTIONS OCCURRED BETWEEN 1064 AND 1180 A.D. THIS WAS THE ONLY VOLCANO PEOPLE HERE HAD EXPERIENCED IN THE SOUTHWEST. THERE WAS ASH, CINDERS AND THE FORESTS BLACKENED THE LANDS DURING THE DAY AND AT NIGHT THIS HORIZON WAS RED. THIS VOLCANO IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF A CINDER COVE WITH LAVA FLOWS AND CINDERS. TODAY IT IS A NATIONAL MONUMENT THAT PROTECTS 3, 040 ACRES PRESENT IN THE COLORADO PLATEAU.
THIS ERUPTION DRASTICALLY AFFECTED THE WAY OF LIFE OF THE INDIANS DURING THE 11TH AND 12TH CENTURIES. THE ANASAZI, THE
SINAGUA, AND
COHONINA PERMANENTLY LEFT WITHIN 200 YEARS AS IT LEFT THE SOIL INFERTILE. THEY RETURNED MUCH
LATER TO BUILD SETTLEMENTS THERE.
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