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  2. Mesa Verde region - Wikipedia

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    Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.Cliff Canyon, as seen from the Cliff Palace. Mesa Verde mug, made in 13th century, MVNP museum collections. The Mesa Verde Region is a portion of the Colorado Plateau in the United States that extends through parts of New Mexico, Colorado and Utah.

  3. Mesa Verde National Park - Wikipedia

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    The Mesa Verde region saw unusually cold and dry conditions during the beginning of the 13th century. This might have driven emigration to Mesa Verde from less hospitable locations. The added population stressed the mesa's environment, further straining an agricultural society that was suffering from drought. [54]

  4. Ancestral Puebloan dwellings - Wikipedia

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    Map of Ancient Pueblo People regions, including the northern Mesa Verde region and the southern Chaco Canyon region. Archaeologists have agreed on three main periods of ancient occupation by Pueblo peoples throughout the Southwest called Pueblo I, Pueblo II, and Pueblo III. [2] Pueblo I (750–900 CE). Pueblo buildings were built with stone ...

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

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    “But obviously the people that were living in the Mesa Verde area are still in the region today. They just moved to areas south.” There are 26 Native tribes historically tied to Mesa Verde:

  6. Cliff Palace - Wikipedia

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    A large square tower is to the right and almost reaches the cave "roof". It was in ruins by the 1800s. The National Park Service carefully restored it to its approximate height and stature, making it one of the most memorable buildings in Cliff Palace. It is the tallest structure at Mesa Verde standing at 26 feet (7.9 m) tall, with four levels.

  7. List of Ancestral Puebloan dwellings in Colorado - Wikipedia

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    Mesa Verde National Park: This multi-storied ruin, the largest and best-known of the cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde, is located in the largest cave in the center of the Great Mesa. It was south and southwest facing, providing greater warmth from the sun in the winter. The site had 217 rooms, including storage rooms, open courts, walkways, and 23 ...

  8. 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.

  9. Ute Mountain Ute Tribe - Wikipedia

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    The Mesa Verde Region, the present day area containing the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe reservation and the Mesa Verde National Park, was the northernmost edge of the colonial territory of Spain. Initial exploration of the American Southwest by the Spanish occurred in 1540, but Spaniards didn't settle into present day New Mexico until 1598.