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Pueblo timeline for the construction of cliff dwellings and the US government timeline for the discovery of Mesa Verde.

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

Video featuring a park ranger and Puebloan Artifacts

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…

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…

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At Mug House: Ranger Jill explains how dendrochronology, or tree-ring dating, is used by researchers to date archeological sites, including the Mesa Verde cliff dwellings.

Dendrochronology (dendro = tree, chron = time, ology = a science), or…

Chapter 10 Evidence of a Mesa Verde Homeland for
the Tewa Pueblos

Overview of Mesa Verde National Park