Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings
Mesa Verde National Park
Pueblo I–III (600–1300 CE)·Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi)·🇺🇸 Colorado, Mesa Verde, United States
About
About Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings
Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings (600–1300 CE) with 600 sites including Cliff Palace (150 rooms, 23 kivas) under sandstone alcoves, transitioning from pithouses to masonry pueblos before abandonment in dry period.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 600–1200 CE (cliff dwellings 1190–1280)
- Period
- Pueblo I–III (600–1300 CE)
- Culture
- Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi)
- Purpose
- Defensive and ceremonial cliff villages
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 600–1200 CE (cliff dwellings 1190–1280)
Initial construction
c. 1437 CE
Abandonment
Location
Where it is
37.1838° N · 108.4887° W · 2600 m
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