Quarai Pueblo, New Mexico
Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences,
Universityof Wisconsin - Green Bay
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Back of beyond. Quarai was located at the eastern foot of the Manzano Mountains, where snow melt provided water. |
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Visitor Center |
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Left and below: Model of the Quarai pueblo. |
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Left: Buffalo gourd vines. Below: The mounds are probably unexcavated ruins. |
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| Kiva-like structure. The location of these within a mission is puzzling. | |
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| Below: Buffalo Gourd. Supposedly edible when young but not when fully grown. | The scientific name, Cucurbita foetidissima, pretty much spells it out. |
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Church in the nearby hamlet of Quarai |
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Looking east into the High Plains |
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Created 22 June 2007, Last Update 04 June 2020