Cliff Palace
Appearance
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 | change source]- 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
[change | change source]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cliff Palace.
- Cliff Palace at National Park Service
- Mesa Verde National Park at National Park Service
- Map showing location of Cliff Palace at National Park Service