At Mesa Verde, Spanish for "green table," multistoried ... By the end of the 13th century the ancestral Puebloans had left the plateau, never to return. Luminarias light Spruce Tree House, an ...

rancher Richard Wetherill and his four younger brothers stumbled across ancient ruins in the cliffs of a high plateau known as Mesa Verde. The cowboys improvised a ladder and descended to examine ...

Situated on the Colorado Plateau amid ancient volcanic mountains ... occupied this land and inhabited sites such as Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon and Canyon de Chelly. Today, the region is home to the ...

And if you're looking to enjoy the archaeological wonder that is Mesa Verde, staying in the quiet town of Mancos is all but ...

Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado ... of the Ancestral Puebloans is possible because of the Colorado Plateau’s unique geology. Ancient inland seas helped to create layers and ...