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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Cliff Palace Mesa Verde No. 3
A sepia-toned view of the Cliff Palace archaeological site at Mesa Verde National Park. A real photo postcard.
Cliff Palace Mesa Verde Ntl. Park
Black and white image of Cliff Palace, focusing on a tour group working their way through the ruins, making use of the wooden ladders to get to the higher areas of the ruin.
Cliff Palace Mesa Verde Park
Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park B/W real photo
Cliff Palace No. 1, Mesa Verde
Cliff Palace No. 1, Mesa Verde, a real photo black and white postcard, produced during the White Border era.
Cliff Palace No. 5, Mesa Verde National Park
Cliff Palace No. 5, Mesa Verde, a real photo black and white postcard, produced during the White Border era.
Cliff Palace No. 6 (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
Photograph of the Cliff House No. 6, Mesa Verde, Colorado.
Cliff Palace as seen from "Speaker Chief's House", Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Cliff Palace as seen from "Speaker Chief's House", Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
Cliff Palace as seen from Speaker Chief's House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.
Cliff Palace as seen from Speaker Chief's House in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Cliff Palace as seen from Sun Temple (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
Cliff Palace as seen from Sun Temple in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
Cliff Palace as seen from Trail, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Cliff Palace as seen from trail, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
Cliff Palace as seen from Trail, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Cliff Palace as seen from trail, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
Cliff Palace as seen from the Sun Temple, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Cliff Palace as seen from the Sun Temple, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.

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