Mesa Verde's cliff dwellings are a little crumbly in places ... first cliff dwellers ate deer and bighorn sheep and had tall, straight timbers for their roofs. Then came the lean years, according ...

At Mesa Verde, Spanish for "green table," multistoried dwellings fill the cliff-rock alcoves that rise 2,000 feet above Montezuma Valley. Remarkably preserved, the cliff dwellings cluster in ...

Mesa Verde National Park’s history begins long before its official creation in 1906, or even the erection of its most famous cliff dwellings. This national park boasts thousands of years of ...

Soar over the ancient wonders of Mesa Verde National Park, USA, with breathtaking drone footage showcasing its cliff dwellings and rugged landscapes. Soar above the well-preserved Cliff Palace ...

A great concentration of ancestral Pueblo Indian dwellings, built from the 6th to the 12th century, can be found on the Mesa Verde plateau in south-west Colorado at an altitude of more than 2,600 m.

As climate change shapes the Southwest, Mesa Verde National Park strives to protect both ancient forests and vulnerable cliff dwellings. Hooked onto a rope slung around a tree, National Park Service ...

Virginia McClurg, a well-known writer, poet, and lecturer, took up the cause of protecting Mesa Verde's treasures. She formed the Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association, whose members were all women ...

The Pueblo settled in the region about 1,400 years ago and built cliff dwellings using sandstone and wooden beams. Mesa Verde is home to the Cliff Palace. It’s the largest such dwelling in North ...

Some of the most well-known and well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites in existence are protected within Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado. The park contains over 5,000 ...