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Updated: June 26, 2025
The ruin of Shitaimovi, in the foothills near Mishoñinovi, mentioned by Mindeleff, was not visited by our party. The ruin of Chukubi bears every evidence of antiquity. It is situated on one of the eastward projecting spurs of Middle Mesa, midway between Payüpki and Shipaulovi, near an excellent spring at the base of the mesa.
At Middle Mesa, Chukubi and Payüpki became ruins, and in Antelope valley Awatobi was the last of the Jeditoh series to fall. There has thus been a gradual tendency to drift from readily accessible locations to the most impregnable sites, which indicates how severely the Hopi must have been harassed by their foes.
Some of these, as the ruins at the sacred spring called Kishuba, are of the utmost traditional importance. I. Middle Mesa ruins Old Shuñopovi; Old Mishoñinovi; Shitaumû; Chukubi; Payüpki. II. East Mesa ruins Kisakobi; Küchaptüvela; Küküchomo; Tukinobi; Kachinba; Sikyatki. III. Ruins in Keam's canyon. IV. Jeditoh valley ruins Bat-house; Jeditoh, Kawaika; Horn-house; Awatobi; Smaller Awatobi.
Chukubi was built in rectangular form, with a central plaza surrounded by rooms, two deep. There are many indications of outlying chambers, some of which are arranged in rows. The house walls are almost wholly demolished, and in far poorer state of preservation than those of the neighboring ruin of Payüpki.
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