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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- Balcony House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
- Diorama at State Museum E. 14th and Sherman Street-Denver Balcony House was a typical communal dwelling of the pre-Columbian Pueblo Indians. Nestled in a cliff of the Mesa Verde area of southwestern Colorado, it was easily defended from attacks of..." Genuine Curteich-Chicago C.T. Art-Color tone Post Card.
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- Balcony House - Mesa Verde National Park
- A person looks over the ruins of the Balcony House in Mesa Verde National Park, in Colorado.
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- Balcony House - Mesa Verde Natl Park, Colo.
- Black and white image of cliff ruins
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- Balcony House Cliff Dwellers - Mesa Verde - Mancos Colorado
- Black and white image of a woman standing in ruins
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- Balcony House Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
- Black and white image of ruins, portrait style
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- Balcony House Ruin (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
- Photograph of Balcony House Ruin at Mesa Verde. Balcony House Ruin occupies a deep cave in the west wall of Soda Canyon. The balcony at the left, perfectly preserved from prehistoric times, gives this spectacular ruin its name.
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- Balcony House Ruin (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
- Photograph of woman looking over a ledge while in ruins
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- Balcony House Ruin (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
- Photograph of a tour party climbing the ladder to Balcony House Ruin.
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- Balcony House Ruin (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
- Photograph of a wooden ladder with a woman climbing
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- Balcony House Ruin (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
- Balcony House Ruin occupies a deep cave high in the west wall of Soda Canyon. Here seen from its south end, many of the kivas and other architectural features are revealed. The ruin is approached by a ledge trail from the north, final access being..."
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- Balcony House before repair, Mesa Verde National Park (Mancos, Colo.)
- The Balcony House at Mesa Verde National Park
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- Balcony House, Mancos, Colo.
- Balcony House, Mancos, Colorado, b/w postcard. Postmarked in Mancos on April 26, 1907, to Miss I. (or J.) Henderson in Tacoma, Washington. Written, on the front.