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  2. Mesaverde Group - Wikipedia

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    The Mesaverde Formation was first described by W.H.Holmes in 1877 during the Hayden Survey.Holmes described the formation in the northern San Juan Basin as consisting of three units, which were a "Lower Escarpment" consisting of 40 m of ledge- and cliff-forming massive sandstone; a "Middle Coal Group" consisting of up to 300 m of thick slope-forming sandstone, shale, marl, and lignite; and an ...

  3. Mesa Verde National Park - Wikipedia

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    The Mesa Verde Visitor and Research Center is located just off of Highway 160 and is before the park entrance booths. The Visitor and Research Center opened in December 2012. Chapin Mesa (the most popular area) is 20 miles (32 km) beyond the visitor center. [141] Mesa Verde National Park is an area of federal exclusive jurisdiction.

  4. Point Lookout (Colorado) - Wikipedia

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    Point Lookout is an 8,427-foot (2,569 meter) elevation sandstone summit located in Mesa Verde National Park, in Montezuma County of southwest Colorado. [3] This prominent landmark is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the park entrance, and 9.3 miles (15.0 km) east-southeast of the town of Cortez, and towers 1,600 feet above the surrounding terrain of Mancos Valley.

  5. Cliff House Sandstone - Wikipedia

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    The Cliff House Sandstone was first described by W.H.Holmes in 1877 during the Hayden Survey as the "Upper Escarpment" of the Mesaverde Formation. [6] A.J. Collier redesignated this unit in 1919 as the Cliff House Sandstone and raised the Mesaverde Formation to group rank.

  6. Mesa Verde region - Wikipedia

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    Although the Mesa Verde National Park contains the largest and best known ruins of the Pueblo peoples, there are many other community centers in the central Mesa Verde region dating to the period between 1050 and 1290 AD. This is a huge area covering over 150,000 square miles (390,000 km 2). [3]

  7. Canyons of the Ancients National Monument - Wikipedia

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    For a fuller understanding of the architecture and life style during this period, pueblo buildings in the Mesa Verde region were built with stone, windows facing south, and in U, E and L shapes. The buildings were located more closely together and reflected deepening religious celebration. Towers were built near kivas and likely used for look-outs.

  8. You can drive along 700 years of history at Mesa Verde ... - AOL

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  9. Menefee Formation - Wikipedia

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    The Menefee Formation consists of fluvial sandstone, shale, and coal.Based on ammonite biostratigraphy, the age of the Menefee Formation can be constrained to 84.2-79 million years (), based on the presence of Baculites perplexus in the overlying Cliff House Sandstone, and ammonites from the late Santonian in the underlying Point Lookout Sandstone.