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Mesa Verde National Park
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Mesa Verde National Park

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Wonder Type: Cultural
Description:
A great concentration of ancestral Pueblo Indian dwellings, built from the 6th to the 12th century, can be found on the Mesa Verde plateau in south-west Colorado at an altitude of more than 2,600 m. Some 4,400 sites have been recorded, including villages built on the Mesa top. There are also imposing cliff dwellings, built of stone and comprising more than 100 rooms. [More Details]
This article uses material from UNESCO World Heritage List article "Mesa Verde National Park", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 IGO License.