Under the Weather
Spruce Tree House under cloudy skies.
“Spruce Tree House, the third largest cliff dwelling (Cliff Palace and Long House are larger), was constructed between about 1211 and 1278 CE by the ancestors of the Pueblo peoples of the Southwest. The dwelling contains about 130 rooms and 8 kivas (kee-vahs), or ceremonial chambers, built into a natural alcove measuring 216 feet (66 meters) at greatest width and 89 feet (27 meters) at its greatest depth. It is thought to have been home for about 60 to 80 people.”
The ruins were re-discovered in 1888, by two local ranchers searching for stray cattle. They climbed down a tall tree—like those at center left—from the mesa top to the front of the dwelling. That tree was later cut down by another early explorer.
www.nps.gov/meve/learn/historyculture/cd_spruce_tree_hous...
Happy Mono Monday!
8 May 2023; 07:30 CDT;
Under the Weather
Spruce Tree House under cloudy skies.
“Spruce Tree House, the third largest cliff dwelling (Cliff Palace and Long House are larger), was constructed between about 1211 and 1278 CE by the ancestors of the Pueblo peoples of the Southwest. The dwelling contains about 130 rooms and 8 kivas (kee-vahs), or ceremonial chambers, built into a natural alcove measuring 216 feet (66 meters) at greatest width and 89 feet (27 meters) at its greatest depth. It is thought to have been home for about 60 to 80 people.”
The ruins were re-discovered in 1888, by two local ranchers searching for stray cattle. They climbed down a tall tree—like those at center left—from the mesa top to the front of the dwelling. That tree was later cut down by another early explorer.
www.nps.gov/meve/learn/historyculture/cd_spruce_tree_hous...
Happy Mono Monday!
8 May 2023; 07:30 CDT;