Awatovi Ruins

The Awatovi Ruins, spelled Awat'ovi in recent literature, are an archaeological site on the Hopi Reservation in north-eastern Arizona. The site contains the ruins of a pueblo estimated to be 500 years old and those of a 17th-century Spanish mission, and was visited in the 16th century by members of the exploratory expedition of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado. In the 1930s the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University commissioned the Hopi artist Fred Kabotie to reproduce the prehistoric murals found during excavation. Awatovi was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. The campsite used by the Peabody Museum's Awatovi Expedition is now itself regarded as an archaeological site worthy of further study.

Where it is

Awatovi Ruins is a historic site near Ganado, in Navajo County. It is one of the historic sites in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.

How this ranking was reached

No official visitor count is published for Awatovi Ruins, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.

Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.

Sources

• Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
• Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
• County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates

Record last verified 2026-08-12.