April 20, 2007: Mesa Verde Nat'l Park, Colorado.
The cliff dwellings here date from about 1300 A.D. and were inhabited by Puebloans, the ancestors of most southwestern indian tribes. Puebloans had lived in this area on the mesa tops from about 750 A.D. before moving under the cliffs.
They only lived in these dwellings for 75 years and then disappeared completely from the region. At left, you can see our RV among the trees on the mesa top. We've lived in that dwelling for about 9 months now.
There are about 600 alcoves with well-preserved dwellings, the largest of which was home to hundreds of people. About 50,000 Puebloans lived in Mesa Verde - more than the population of the entire Four Corners region today.
The cliff dwellings here date from about 1300 A.D. and were inhabited by Puebloans, the ancestors of most southwestern indian tribes. Puebloans had lived in this area on the mesa tops from about 750 A.D. before moving under the cliffs.
They only lived in these dwellings for 75 years and then disappeared completely from the region. At left, you can see our RV among the trees on the mesa top. We've lived in that dwelling for about 9 months now.
There are about 600 alcoves with well-preserved dwellings, the largest of which was home to hundreds of people. About 50,000 Puebloans lived in Mesa Verde - more than the population of the entire Four Corners region today.
posted by Thomas and Stacey at 9:13 PM
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I've wondered many times what it was like when the first Puebloan said, "hey, let's go build our houses down there, on the side of the cliff".
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