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  2. Manitou Cliff Dwellings - Wikipedia

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    The Ancestral Puebloans lived and travelled the Four Corners area of the Southwestern United States from 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1300. Ancestral Puebloan peoples did not permanently live in the Manitou Springs area, but lived and built their cliff dwellings in the Four Corners area and across the Northern Rio Grande, several hundred miles southwest of Manitou Springs.

  3. Cliff dwelling - Wikipedia

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    In China, the Guyaju Caves located near Dongmenying, Yanqing District, Beijing are a cave complex of many rock hewn dwellings that form a community. [2] In the United States and Mexico, among the canyons of the southwest, in Arizona , New Mexico , Utah , Colorado , and Chihuahua , some cliff dwellings are still used by Native Americans .

  4. Puye Cliff Dwellings - Wikipedia

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    The Puye Cliff Dwellings are the ruins of an abandoned pueblo, located in Santa Clara Canyon on Santa Clara Pueblo Reservation land near Española, New Mexico.Established in the late 1200s or early 1300s and abandoned by about 1600, this is among the largest of the prehistoric Indian settlements on the Pajarito Plateau, showing a variety of architectural forms and building techniques.

  5. List of caves in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Bat Cave; Carter Caves State Park; Cascade Caverns; Colossal Cavern; Diamond Caverns; Eleven Jones Cave; Fisher Ridge Cave System; Glover's Cave; Goochland Cave; Great Onyx Cave; Great Saltpetre Cave; Horse Cave also known as "Hidden River Cave" Lost River Cave; Mammoth Cave; Martin Ridge Cave System; Oligo-Nunk Cave System

  6. List of Ancestral Puebloan dwellings in Utah - Wikipedia

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    House on Fire: Cliff dwelling Ruins. Fallen Roof: Cliff dwelling Ruins. Butler Canyon ruins: Cliff dwelling Ruins. Coombs site: Boulder: Great house Ruins. Located at the Anasazi State Park Museum. Defiance House: Anasazi Bullfrog: Located in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area at Lake Powell.

  7. List of longest caves in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Mammoth Cave, the longest known cave system in the world The following is a list of the longest caves in the United States per length (over 50 kilometres or 30 miles) of documented passageways. Many passageways are still being discovered; this list is based on the latest verifiable data. [ 1 ]

  8. Indigenous architecture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The original Pueblo style was based on the Anasazi people, [1] who began building square cliff dwellings around 1150 CE, featuring subterranean chambers and circular ceremonial rooms. [2] [1] Over time, Pueblo architecture evolved into the construction of permanent, angular homes made from limestone blocks or adobe—a mixture of clay and water ...

  9. Underground living - Wikipedia

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    One of the traditional house types in China is the Yaodong, a cave house. Also, see the Nok and Mamproug Cave Dwellings in Togo, Africa. Earth berm structures are essentially traditional homes that have then been buried, [10] typically leaving at least one wall exposed for lighting and ventilation. However, because they are to be buried, the ...