Why the Mesa Verde people eventually left their homes may never be known. Indeed, they lived in the cliff dwellings for only about the last 75 to 100 years of their occupation of Mesa Verde.

At first it seemed that Mesa Verde might suffer the same fate as smaller ancient sites discovered in the Four Corners area where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah meet. These sites had been ...

Some of the most well-known and well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites in existence are protected within Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado. The park contains over 5,000 ...

The ruins found at Mesa Verde have been dated to have been created and lived in from 300-1300 AD. The north side of the ...

This is a photo of me climbing the ladder up to Spruce Tree House at Mesa Verde N.P. in May 1978. From 1977 to 1982, my late husband and I lived and travelled in our camper van, visiting most of our ...