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The exit, a series of toe-holds in a cleft of the cliff, was believed to be the only entry and exit route for the cliff dwellers, which made the small village easy to defend and secure. One log was dated at 1278, so it was likely built not long before the Mesa Verde people migrated out of the area.
To visit the namesake dwellings, visitors are required to hike a well-traveled 1-mile-long (1.6 km) trail loop with several foot bridges over a stream. The entire walk takes about an hour. The hike begins at an elevation of 5,695 feet (1,736 m) and ends at 5,875 feet (1,791 m).
The Land of the Cliff-Dwellers. Appalachian Mountain Club, W. B. Clarke and Co., Boston, 1892. Reprinted by the University of Arizona Press, with notes and foreword by Robert H. Lister, 1988. ISBN 0-8165-1052-0. Noble, David Grant. "Ancient Ruins of the Southwest", pp. 36–43.Northland Publishing, Flagstaff, Arizona 1995. ISBN 0-87358-530-5.
The Land of the Cliff-Dwellers. Boston: Appalachian Mountain Club /W. B. Clarke and Co.. Reprinted by the University of Arizona Press, with notes and foreword by Robert H. Lister, 1988. ISBN 0-8165-1052-0. Chapin, Frederick Hastings. "Cliff-dwellings of the Mancos Canons". American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal. 12 (4): 193.
Sinagua cliff dwelling (Montezuma Castle), Arizona Cavates and pathways in soft tuff at Tsankawi, New Mexico. In archaeology, cliff dwellings are dwellings formed by using niches or caves in high cliffs, and sometimes with excavation or additions in the way of masonry.
[3] [6] [7] Pueblo III (1150–1300 CE). Rohn and Ferguson, authors of Puebloan ruins of the Southwest, state that during the Pueblo III period there was a significant community change. Moving in from dispersed farmsteads into community centers at pueblos canyon heads or cliff dwellings on canyon shelves.
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