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Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA.  Native American mud brick pueblo structures occupy the "Spruce Tree House" cave at Mesa Verde National Park.  Protruding wood poles mark the tops of ladders leading down into kivas below ground level.  The cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde were built by ancestral puebloans in the period A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. © Rick Collier<br />
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Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA. Native American mud brick pueblo structures occupy the "Spruce Tree House" cave at Mesa Verde National Park. Protruding wood poles mark the tops of ladders leading down into kivas below ground level. The cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde were built by ancestral puebloans in the period A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. © Rick Collier







US USA Colorado Mesa Verde cliff dwelling pueblo Spruce Tree House Native American village town structure cave woods forest cave dwelling ancestral puebloan Anasazi

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  • Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA.  Native American mud brick pueblo structures occupy the "Spruce Tree House" cave at Mesa Verde National Park.  The cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde were built by ancestral puebloans in the period A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. © Rick Collier<br />
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US USA Colorado Mesa Verde cliff dwelling pueblo Spruce Tree House Native American village town structure cave woods forest cave dwelling ancestral puebloan Anasazi
  • Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA.  Native American mud brick pueblo structures occupy the "Spruce Tree House" cave at Mesa Verde National Park.  The cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde were built by ancestral puebloans in the period A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. © Rick Collier<br />
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US USA Colorado Mesa Verde cliff dwelling pueblo Spruce Tree House Native American village town structure cave woods forest cave dwelling ancestral puebloan Anasazi
  • Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA.  Native American mud brick pueblo structures occupy the "Spruce Tree House" cave at Mesa Verde National Park.  The cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde were built by ancestral puebloans in the period A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. © Rick Collier<br />
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US USA Colorado Mesa Verde cliff dwelling pueblo Spruce Tree House Native American village town structure cave woods forest cave dwelling ancestral puebloan Anasazi
  • Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA.  Native American mud brick pueblo structures occupy the "Spruce Tree House" cave at Mesa Verde National Park.  The cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde were built by ancestral puebloans in the period A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. © Rick Collier<br />
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US USA Colorado Mesa Verde cliff dwelling pueblo Spruce Tree House Native American village town structure cave woods forest cave dwelling ancestral puebloan Anasazi
  • Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA.  Native American mud brick pueblo structures occupy the "Spruce Tree House" cave at Mesa Verde National Park.  The cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde were built by ancestral puebloans in the period A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. © Rick Collier<br />
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US USA Colorado Mesa Verde cliff dwelling pueblo Spruce Tree House Native American village town structure cave woods forest cave dwelling ancestral puebloan Anasazi
  • Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA.  Native American mud brick pueblo structures occupy the "Spruce Tree House" cave at Mesa Verde National Park.  Protruding wood poles mark the tops of ladders leading down into kivas below ground level.  The cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde were built by ancestral puebloans in the period A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. © Rick Collier<br />
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US USA Colorado Mesa Verde cliff dwelling pueblo Spruce Tree House Native American village town structure cave woods forest cave dwelling ancestral puebloan Anasazi
  • Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA.  Native American mud brick pueblo structures occupy the "Spruce Tree House" cave at Mesa Verde National Park.  Protruding wood poles mark the tops of ladders leading down into kivas below ground level.  The cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde were built by ancestral puebloans in the period A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. © Rick Collier<br />
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US USA Colorado Mesa Verde cliff dwelling pueblo Spruce Tree House Native American village town structure cave woods forest cave dwelling ancestral puebloan Anasazi
  • Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA.  Native American mud brick pueblo structures occupy the "Spruce Tree House" cave at Mesa Verde National Park.  The cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde were built by ancestral puebloans in the period A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. © Rick Collier<br />
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US USA Colorado Mesa Verde cliff dwelling pueblo Spruce Tree House Native American village town structure cave woods forest cave dwelling ancestral puebloan Anasazi
  • Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA.  A tour group visits the native American mud brick pueblo structures in the "Spruce Tree House" cave at Mesa Verde National Park.  The cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde were built by ancestral puebloans in the period A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. © Rick Collier<br />
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US USA Colorado Mesa Verde cliff dwelling pueblo Spruce Tree House Native American village town structure cave woods forest cave dwelling ancestral puebloan Anasazi
  • Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA.  Native American mud brick pueblo structures occupy the "Spruce Tree House" cave at Mesa Verde National Park.  The cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde were built by ancestral puebloans in the period A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. © Rick Collier<br />
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US USA Colorado Mesa Verde cliff dwelling pueblo Spruce Tree House Native American village town structure cave woods forest cave dwelling ancestral puebloan Anasazi
  • Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA.  The dwelling now known as "Square Tower House" occupies a sheltered indentation in the cliff face, rather than a cave.  It was also built and occupied by the ancestral puebloans who occuped the "cave dwellings" at Mesa Verde National Park.  The cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde were built by ancestral puebloans in the period A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. © Rick Collier<br />
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US USA Colorado Mesa Verde Square Tower House cliff dwelling pueblo Native American village town structure cave woods forest cave dwelling ancestral puebloan Anasazi
  • Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA.  The dwelling now known as "Square Tower House" occupies a sheltered indentation in the cliff face, rather than a cave.  It was also built and occupied by the ancestral puebloans who occuped the "cave dwellings" at Mesa Verde National Park.  The cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde were built by ancestral puebloans in the period A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. © Rick Collier<br />
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US USA Colorado Mesa Verde Square Tower House cliff dwelling pueblo Native American village town structure cave woods forest cave dwelling ancestral puebloan Anasazi
  • Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA.  The dwelling now known as "Cliff Palace" is the largest of the ancestral pueblo cave structures at Mesa Verde National Park.  The cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde were built by ancestral puebloans in the period A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. © Rick Collier<br />
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US USA Colorado Mesa Verde Cliff Palace cliff dwelling pueblo Native American village town structure cave woods forest cave dwelling ancestral puebloan Anasazi
  • Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA.  A smaller ancestral puebloan dwelling fills one of the smaller caves in Mesa Verde National Park.  The cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde were built by ancestral puebloans in the period A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. © Rick Collier<br />
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US USA Colorado Mesa Verde cliff dwelling pueblo Native American village town structure cave woods forest cave dwelling ancestral puebloan Anasazi
  • Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA.  The dwelling now known as "Cliff Palace" is the largest of the ancestral pueblo cave structures at Mesa Verde National Park.  The cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde were built by ancestral puebloans in the period A.D. 600 to A.D. 1300. © Rick Collier<br />
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US USA Colorado Mesa Verde Cliff Palace cliff dwelling pueblo Native American village town structure cave woods forest cave dwelling ancestral puebloan Anasazi
  • Bandelier National Monument, near Los Alamos and Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.  A cave entrance frames the view of Frijoles Canyon, showing the remains of an ancient pueblo below. © Rick Collier<br />
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US USA New Mexico Santa Fe Bandelier National Monument Frijoles Canyon cliff cliffs valley canyon native american cave dwelling pueblo view tree trees forest woods stream river
  • Bandelier National Monument, near Los Alamos and Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.  Native Americans gradually expanded their cave dwellings by building pueblo structures in front of their cliff-face homes, at the edges of Frijoles Canyon. © Rick Collier<br />
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US USA New Mexico Santa Fe Bandelier National Monument Frijoles Canyon cliff cliffs valley canyon native american cave dwelling pueblo view tree trees forest woods stream river
  • Bandelier National Monument, near Los Alamos and Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.  Native Americans gradually expanded their cave dwellings by building pueblo structures in front of their cliff-face homes, at the edges of Frijoles Canyon. © Rick Collier<br />
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US USA New Mexico Santa Fe Bandelier National Monument Frijoles Canyon cliff cliffs valley canyon native american cave dwelling pueblo view tree trees forest woods stream river
  • Bandelier National Monument, near Los Alamos and Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.  Native Americans gradually expanded their cave dwellings by building pueblo structures in front of their cliff-face homes, at the edges of Frijoles Canyon. © Rick Collier<br />
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US USA New Mexico Santa Fe Bandelier National Monument Frijoles Canyon cliff cliffs valley canyon native american cave dwelling pueblo view tree trees forest woods stream river
  • Bandelier National Monument, near Los Alamos and Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.  Cave dwellings dot the lower parts of the massive cliffs that line Frijoles Canyon.  © Rick Collier<br />
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US USA New Mexico Santa Fe Bandelier National Monument Frijoles Canyon cliff cliffs valley canyon native american cave dwelling pueblo view tree trees forest woods stream river
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