Cliff Palace

Cliff Palace - the largest cliff dwelling in North America. The structure built by the Ancient Pueblo Peoples is located in Mesa Verde National Park, in the southwestern corner of Colorado (USA).

Family picture at Cliff Palace, August 2009

Kiva

Family-in-a-kiva. Mesa Verde, Colorado (USA), August 2009 / © I.A. Daglis

Colorado countryside

Late afternoon drive through the Colorado countryside, August 2009.

Mesa Verde

Family picture at Cliff Palace of Mesa Verde, Colorado (USA). The Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in North America, built by the Ancient Pueblo Peoples.

Mesa Verde

The Spruce Tree House in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado (USA).

The Spruce Tree House, the third largest cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde, was constructed between A.D. 1211 and 1278 by the Anasazi Indians, the ancestors of the Puebloan peoples of the Southwest. The dwelling contains about 130 rooms and 8 kivas (kee-vahs), or ceremonial chambers, built into a natural alcove measuring 66 meters at greatest width and 27 meters at its greatest depth. It is thought to have been home for about 60 to 80 people.

Mesa Verde Kiva

Mesa Verde 2009 / © I.A. Daglis

In the kiva of the Spruce Tree House at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado (USA). The kiva is a room used by Pueblo Indians for religious rituals.