7 Towers was tough to find and took me years to finally get lucky and visit. I visited this site on federal land without anyone else nor with assistance. It took research of books, maps, digital archives and luck.
I saw almost no footprints at this remote site, but did see two arrowheads. Both were left in situ along with the thousands of pottery shards and artifact fragments. An amazing place.
7 Towers is geographically and archaeologically close to the Hovenweep NM sites. Hovenweep is an amazing place and shouldn't be missed. Part of Hovenweep's glamor is that the ruins have been stabilized and, in places, rebuilt by early 20th century archaeologists. However, if not stabilized, some of the sites may look like the mass of rubble with anomalous standing tower walls poking through the soil here and there. 7 Towers has not been excavated or stabilized.
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