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 as seen from trail at Mesa Verde
- This black and white image shows Cliff Palace as it is seen from the trail at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. Trees grow above and below the cliff dwellings.
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- Cliff Palace as seen from"trail, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
- Overview of Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
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- Cliff Palace from Cliff near trail, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
- Colored print of ancient ruins
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- Cliff Palace pre-historic ruin in arid Southwest
- Black and white photo of Cliff Palace - prehistoric ruin in the arid Southwest at Mesa Verde National Park.
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- Cliff Palace ruin (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
- Seen from Sun Point, on the opposite rim of Cliff Canyon, this largest known cliff dwelling displays an imposing mass of prehistoric architectural features, with many tourists taking a look.
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- Cliff Palace with Poem
- This postcard shows an image of Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park. Under the image is a poem about Cliff Palace, written by Madge Smiley Reynolds, surrounding both image and poem are illustrations of Native pots, ladders and ruins.
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- Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde Nat'l Park
- Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park.
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- Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park
- Birds eye view of Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park.
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- Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park
- This view includes the north section of Cliff Palace.