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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Far View Ruin, Mesa Verde National Park
View of the Far View Ruin at the entrance to Mesa Verde National Park.
Fire House Ruin (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
Photograph of Fire House Ruin. This two-level dwelling has a hand and toehold trail that connects the two levels. It is believed that it allowed climbers access to the upper area possibly used for grain storage.
Fire Temple (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
The scenic 7-mile "Ruins Road" from Park Headquarters leads to numerous view points from which large and small cliff dwellings can be seen in the canyons below. Here, in Fewkes Canyon, is Fire Temple, a unique structure which seems to have been..."
Fire Temple and New Fire House (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.)
From the scenic "Ruins Road" one sees many small cliff dwellings that occupy numerous caves in the walls of Mesa Verde's 28 canyons. This view across Fewkes Canyon reveals Fire Temple (left) and New Fire House. Color note: For best autumn colors ..." This is a Mirro-Krome card by H.S. Crocker Co., Inc., San Francisco 1, Calif.
Fire Temple and New Fire House, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Distant view of Fire Temple and New Fire House, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
Fire Temple, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
A front facing photo of the Fire Temple in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
Forest Fire (Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.) as seen from Cortez, Colorado
Forest Fire in Mesa Verde National Park
Fortified entrance to Balcony House Ruin - Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)
The Fortified Entrance to Balcony House Ruin - Mesa Verde National Park.
Four Corners: Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico
Four State Corners 38 miles from Shiprock, New Mexico. This is the only spot in the United States where four states meet a common corner. Ute Mountain near Cortez, Colorado can be seen in the background."
Four Corners: Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico
Four Corners marker where the states of Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico have a common meeting point. Here Navajo Indian Chief Goodluck stands with his feet in all for states at once."
Great Kiva at Aztec Ruins
On Back it reads "An Interior View of the Great Kiva at Azted Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico. After excavation this great Kiva was accuratly reconstructed in 1934, on original outlines and foundations, by Dr. Earl Halstead Morris."
Great or Classis [sic] Pueblo Period 700 years ago
The text reads, "AD 1100 to 1300 saw the climax of Pueblo development in Mesa Verde."

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