Cliff Palace - 11th Century Stone Village, Mesa Verde National Park in Southwest Colorado
Mesa Verde National Park was established in 1906 to preserve the archeological heritage of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home for over 700 years, from 600 to 1300 CE. Today, the park protects nearly 5,000 known archeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings.
Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in North America. The structure built by the Anasazi ancestral Puebloans is located in Mesa Verde National Park in their former homeland region. They occupied the Mesa Verde region from about 450 AD to 1300 AD. It was discovered 1888 by two cowboys looking for stray cattle.
Cliff Palace - 11th Century Stone Village, Mesa Verde National Park in Southwest Colorado
Mesa Verde National Park was established in 1906 to preserve the archeological heritage of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home for over 700 years, from 600 to 1300 CE. Today, the park protects nearly 5,000 known archeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings.
Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in North America. The structure built by the Anasazi ancestral Puebloans is located in Mesa Verde National Park in their former homeland region. They occupied the Mesa Verde region from about 450 AD to 1300 AD. It was discovered 1888 by two cowboys looking for stray cattle.