Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde
by Catherine Sherman
Title
Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde
Artist
Catherine Sherman
Medium
Photograph - Photography Digitally Enhanced
Description
"Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado" by Catherine Sherman.
Here is a section of Cliff Palace, the largest cliff dwelling in North America. The structure built by the Ancestral Puebloans is located in Mesa Verde National Park in their former homeland region. The cliff dwelling and park are in the southwestern corner of Colorado, in the Southwestern United States. Cliff Palace contains 23 kivas (round sunken rooms of ceremonial importance), and 150 rooms and had a population of about 100 people.
Cliff Palace was constructed primarily out of sandstone, mortar and wooden beams. The sandstone was shaped using harder stones, and a mortar of soil, water and ash was used to hold everything together.
Tree ring dating indicates that construction and refurbishing of Cliff Palace was continuous from around 1190 through 1260, although the major portion of the building was done within a twenty-year time span.
Featured in "Beauty" group (08/01/2015); "Everything Southwestern" group (08/02/2015); "1 a Day Waiting Room Art" group (08/04/2015); "Images That Excite You" group (08/06/2015); "Artwork Manipulated Digitally" group (08/11/2015); "All Art Welcome" group (08/12/2015); "1 Weekly - ALL Stars" group (08/16/2015); "500 Views - 1 Image a Day" group (09/24/2015); "500 Shares View" group (09/27/2015); "3 a Day AAA Images" group (10/01/2015); "10 Plus" group (11/06/2019)
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July 31st, 2015
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Comments (19)
Mariola Bitner
Congratulations on your outstanding artwork! It has been chosen to be FEATURED in the group “500 VIEWS.”
Betsy Zimmerli
Beautiful lighting, and, of course, the texture & color. Hearty f/l Thanks for recent comment.
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Donna Kennedy
Amazing image of this historic dwelling Catherine! Enjoyed reading about the history...fav/like/tweet
Chas Hauxby
Another place to put on my bucket list visit schedule... It looks like a model stage set... great capture and neat description Cathrine.
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