Cliff Palace
human settlement in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, United States of America
Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in North America. The structure is located in Mesa Verde National Park.
Gallery
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Cliff Palace dwellings
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13th-century mural in a rectangular tower, Cliff Palace
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Round tower, Cliff Palace in 1941.
Photograph by Ansel Adams.
Bibliography
change- Chapen, Frederick H. The Land of the Cliff-Dwellers. Appalachian Mountain Club, W. B. Clarke and Co., Boston, 1892. Reprinted by the University of Arizona Press, with notes and foreword by Robert H. Lister, 1988. ISBN 0-8165-1052-0.
- Noble, David Grant. "Ancient Ruins of the Southwest", pp. 36–43.Northland Publishing, Flagstaff, Arizona 1995. ISBN 0-87358-530-5.
- Oppelt, Norman T. "Guide to Prehistoric Ruins of the Southwest", pp. 159–161. Pruett Publishing, Boulder, Colorado, 1989. ISBN 0-87108-783-9.
Other websites
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- Cliff Palace at National Park Service
- Mesa Verde National Park at National Park Service
- Map showing location of Cliff Palace at National Park Service