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Leaving Mesa Verde : Peril and Change in the Thirteenth-Century Southwest
Chapter 10 Evidence of a Mesa Verde Homeland for
the Tewa Pueblos
the Tewa Pueblos
Spruce Tree House
Mexican-Spanish missionaries and explorers Francisco Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, seeking a route from Santa Fe to California, faithfully recorded their travels in 1776. They reached Mesa Verde (green plateau) region, which…
Pit House
Mesa Top Loop Site Trail features this example of how Pueblo people would have lived on top of the mesa prior to building cliff dwellings. This image depicts the interior of one of the many pit houses at Mesa Verde.