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Mesa Verde National Park


  • Type: Natural Environ
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District

Preserving the Works of Man

Mesa Verde, Spanish for green table, offers a spectacular look into the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home for over 700 years, from AD 600 to 1300. Today the park protects nearly 5000 known archeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings. These sites are some of the most notable and best preserved in the United States. - NPS


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Places

Name of Notable Genus AsNotedIn No Address Proximity Area
Name Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity Area
Cliff Palace
  • Sight
  • 1001 Bld
Mesa Verde Administrative District
  • Sight
  • NRHP
  • US NHL
Area at head of Spruce Canyon off park service road

Data »

Particulars for Mesa Verde National Park:
Cultural Affiliation Anasazi
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Owner Federal
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Criteria Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation Mesa Verde Culture
Historic Use Multiple dwelling
Level of Significance National
Cultural Affiliation Native American
Locale Type Natural Environ
Area of Significance Prehistoric
Historic Use Village site



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 66000251
Resource Type:
Owner: Federal
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
Nominator Name: National Park
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Prehistoric, Native American, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering, Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: Anasazi
Period of Significance: 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD, 499-0 AD
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Village site, Multiple dwelling
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum

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