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| Cliff Palace is the largest of the dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, with 220 rooms. For centuries the Anasazi lived on top of cliffs, but about ad 1200 or 1300 they began building their settlements in eroded alcoves beneath the rims. The ruins of the rectangular rooms, ceremonial towers, and circular kivas (underground chambers) of Cliff Palace are visible here. | ||||||
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| Werner Forman/Art Resource, NY | ||||||
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| Colorado; Native Americans of North America; Cliff Dweller; Pueblo (people); National Parks and Preserves; Native American Architecture; Mesa Verde National Park | ||||||
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