Edge of the Cedars Pueblo is the largest easily accessible ruin containing stratigraphic structures dating between about 800 and 1150 A.D., in San Juan County, Utah. This site has produced the only reported copper artifact dating from aboriginal times found in the state of Utah. This artifact, a small bell, was probably traded into the area from the HoHokam culture in the Gila-Salt River drainage areas of Arizona, and may have reached there from Mexico.

The site’s numerous Kivas or ceremonial chambers including one in the neighborhood of 40-45 feet in diameter also argue for a role as a regional ceremonial center. No such site has ever been fully and systematically excavated and restored in Utah. It should be preserved because it combines unique scientific value with a ready accessibility to the public, and represents one of few apartment-like houses existing on the high plateau areas, where most of the aboriginal people lived.

Edge of Cedars Indian Ruin is located at Blanding, Utah in San Juan County and is part of the Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum, it was added to the National Historic Register (#71000853) on August 12, 1971.