Cliff Dwelling
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 | Cliff Dwelling |
| Designer | Vernacular |
| Location | Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA |
| Date | 1200 to 1300 |
| Building Type | multifamily housing complex |
| Climate | desert |
| Context | rural, cliffside |
| Architectural Style | Native American |
| Street Address | |
| Notes | "Cliff Palace", at Chapin Mesa, Chaco Canyon. See also <a href="/buildings/Mug_House.html">Mug House</a>. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Cliff_Dwelling.html |
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Part of the Mesa Verde UNESCO World Heritage Site:
"A great concentration of Anasazi Indian dwellings, built from the 6th to the 12th centuries, can be found on the Mesa Verde plateau in southwest Colorado, at an altitude of more than 2,600 metres. Some 3,800 sites have been recorded, including villages built on the plateau, and imposing cliffside sites, built of stone and comprising more than 200 houses. "
— UNESCO
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Howard Davis. Slides from photographer's collection. PCD .0405.
Johnson Architectural Images. Copyrighted slides in the Artifice Collection.
Art Paz, Eugene, Oregon. Slides from photographer's collection, June 1980. PCD.2287.1022.1938.035, spruce tree house kiva. PCD.2287.1022.1938.035, cliff palace overview.
- "Making Buildings Good", by Marian Keeler and Bill Burke, ArchitectureWeek No. 436, 2009.0722, pE1.2.
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Mesa Verde National Park — Official park web site
