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In 1882 she was one of the first white women to view the prehistoric cliff dwellings near Mesa Verde. [1] She was internationally known for her exploratory and research work among the Colorado Cliff Dwellings and founded the Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association with the support of 5,000 member Colorado State Federation of Women's Clubs.
With more than 5,000 sites, including 600 cliff dwellings, [2] it is the largest archaeological preserve in the United States. [3] Mesa Verde (Spanish for "green table", or more specifically "green table mountain") is best known for structures such as Cliff Palace, one of the largest cliff dwellings in North America.
In archaeology, cliff dwellings are dwellings formed by using niches or caves in high cliffs, and sometimes with excavation or additions in the way of masonry. Two special types of cliff dwelling are distinguished by archaeologists: the cliff-house , which is actually built on levels in the cliff, and the cavate , which is dug out, by using ...
Articles about Cliff dwellings, from ancient to present day dwellings and settlements set in cliffs around the world. The main article for this category is Cliff dwelling . For other Puebloan dwellings in the Southwestern United States , see: Category:Dwellings of the Pueblo peoples ;
Cliff dwellings – The cliff dwellings of the Sinagua people in the Montezuma Well. Pit-house ruins – Ruins of a Sinagua pit house, which dates back to 1050 CE. The two largest holes in the dirt floor held the timber which supported the roof. The holes around the edge reveal the outline of the structure.
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is a U.S. National Monument created to protect Mogollon cliff dwellings in the Gila Wilderness on the headwaters of the Gila River in southwest New Mexico. The 533-acre (2.16 km 2 ) national monument was established by President Theodore Roosevelt through executive proclamation on November 16, 1907. [ 3 ]
Nur Aisyah Binte MD Akbar, 39, and her husband, Abdul Rauf Bin Mohd Said, 41, stopped along the park’s Beacon Hill Trail to take photos near a cliff’s edge when the woman “lost her footing ...
Cliff dwellings – Constructed in the sides of the mesas and mountains of the Southwest, cliff dwellings comprised a large number of the defensive structures of the Pueblo people. Jacal is a traditional adobe house built by the ancestral Pueblo peoples. Slim close-set poles were tied together and filled out with mud, clay and grasses, or adobe ...