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Mesa Verde and The Preservation of Ancestral Puebloan Heritage. Some of the most remarkable structures in the U.S. are a millennium old.

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.

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…

Much like we paint and plaster our own houses today, Ancestral Pueblo people used layers of colorful plaster to decorate their walls. Designs were often painted with a fibrous yucca brush or with fingers using paint made from a combination of colored…