Walpi, of the
Hopi people, is one of the older continuously inhabited villages in the United States, continuously inhabited for more than 1100 years since around 900 AD. It is an example of traditional Hopi stone architecture, used for their historic pueblos built at defensive locations on the mesa tops. The stone pueblo subtly rising from the stone mesa was well documented by photographs in the latter 19th century, by
Edward S. Curtis,
John K. Hillers, and others.
Ansel Adams continued in the 20th century, along with increasing tourists' 'snapshots' via
Fred Harvey bus tours and their own automobiles up from
Route 66.
Present day The First Mesa Tourism Program describes the village of Walpi as "a living village where the homes are passed down through matrilineal clan lineage." About half a dozen in number live in the ancient stone dwellings, without running water or electricity, in the traditional manner. ;Access Walpi is accessible to visitors by guided tours, given by the First Mesa Consolidated Villages' Tourism Program. == See also ==