Cliff Palace
by Marty Fancy
Title
Cliff Palace
Artist
Marty Fancy
Medium
Photograph
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Mesa Verde National Park is a U.S. National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States. It is the largest archaeological preserve in the United States. The park was created in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt to protect some of the best-preserved cliff dwellings in the world, or as he said, "preserve the works of man". It is the only cultural National Park set aside by the National Park System. It occupies 81.4 square miles near the Four Corners and features numerous ruins of homes and villages built by the Ancient Pueblo peoples. There are over 4000 archaeological sites and over 600 cliff dwellings of the Pueblo people at the site.
The Ancestral Pueblo People inhabited Mesa Verde between 600 to1300, though there is evidence they left before the start of the 15th century. They were mainly subsistence farmers, growing crops on nearby mesas. Their primary crop was corn, the major part of their diet. Men were also hunters, which further increased their food supply. The women are famous for their elegant basket weaving. Their pottery is as famous as their baskets; their artifacts are highly prized. The Ancestral Pueblo People kept no written records.
By the year 750 the people were building mesa-top villages made of adobe. In the late 1190s they began to build the cliff dwellings for which Mesa Verde is famous.
Mesa Verde is best known for cliff dwellings, which are structures built within caves and under outcroppings in cliffs including Cliff Palace, thought to be the largest cliff dwelling in North America. The Spanish term Mesa Verde translates into English as "green table". It is considered to contain some of the most notable and best preserved archaeological sites.
Photography by Marty Fancy
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November 20th, 2014
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Gary F Richards 12 Days Ago
Outstanding Cliff Palace composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! Congratulations on being the Featured Artist of the Week! F/L
Bernadette Krupa 19 Days Ago
Congratulations, Marty, the Artist of the Week March 31 - Apr 6, 2024 in the 1,000 Views on 1 Image Group! L/F
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 Views on One Image Group's Special Features Nominations For Promotion #28 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views on One Image Group....L/F/Tw
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your terrific art has been featured on the ABC Group home page from the B is for BROWN week, March 27 ,2023 - March 27, 2023. You are invited to add your wonderful art in the Features Archive Discussion in the ABC GROUP as a way to preserve your feature.
Jurgen Lorenzen
Beautiful composition of this World Heritage Site, Marty, congratulations on your top finish in the INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OR THINGS contest! v