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Farm Terraces

Terraced fields constructed by the Ancestral Puebloan culture on the top of Mesa Verde. The terraces absorb water that otherwise would flow off of the sandstone surface of the washes, allowing domesticated plants to grow using only natural precipitation.

 

Mesa Verde National Park, 10 April 2025.

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Uploaded on April 14, 2025
Taken on April 9, 2025