Volume 3: Mesa Verde/ Aztec Ruins

According to the U.S. National Park Service, Mesa Verde National Park features 5,000 known archeological sites, including 600 spectacular cliff dwellings. The name is Spanish for “Green Table,” and the area was inhabited by the Ancestral Pueblo people from AD 600 to 1300, over 700 years. (source) Mesa Verde, as well as nearby Aztec Ruins National Monument located in Aztec, New Mexico, are an important link to the Native American past of the region and provide significant economic stimulus, with well over half a million people visiting each year. (source)


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New Fire House, Mesa Verde National Park
Colored photo of the New Fire House at Mesa Verde National Park.
New Fire House, Mesa Verde National Park
Photo of New Fire House in Mesa Verde National Park.
New Fire House, Mesa Verde National Park, near Mancos, Colorado
Photo of New Fire House, Mesa Verde National Park, near Mancos, Colorado.
North End Cliff Palace. Mesa Verde National Park
Distant view of Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
North section of Spruce Tree House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
The north section of Spruce Tree House in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. No. 48.
Oak Tree House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
Color photograph of Oak Tree House as viewed from the south rim of Fewkes Canyon.
Oak Tree House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
Oak Tree House in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
Oak Tree House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
Photo of Oak Tree House at Mesa Verde National Park.
Oak Tree House Ruin (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
Oak Tree House Ruin as viewed from of Fewkes Canyon Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.

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