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古代プエブロメサヴェルデ国立公園

The hidden city of the ancient Pueblo of Mesa Verde Colorado
The hidden city of the ancient Pueblo of Mesa Verde Colorado

この cliff-dwelling 先祖代々のプエブロ スタッフ of メサ·ヴェルデ 国民 パーク コロラド州. Apart from the overall peoples of the southwest United States the spread out, and technological and anthropological similarities of this culture provide us an opportunity to better understand how スタッフ have adapted to major client change in the past. One should not discount the questions as to why these スタッフ lived the way they did, and what past situations happened to them that impacted them to set up and to live in a certain way. We see them living within the cliffside of バンデリア国定公園, and having a fortified 峡谷 defense inside the Canyons of the Ancient. Then there is ホーヴェンウィープ どこ 水源 seems to enter a 峡谷 where it might pool, and is overlooked by watchtowers, and what might be considered a castle. But メサ·ヴェルデ take things to a how another level where these peoples lived in higher elevation, and managed to build, with stone, bricks, and carving into the large gaps of these high elevational cliffs. This article is not about answering these questions but providing you with the observations and photography needed for your own investigation or curiosity.

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Living Within The Steep Cliffs

Pueblo people lived within these steep cliffs
The Pueblo people lived within these steep cliffs and the surrounding area.

I think this photograph helps to show you 環境 the ancient Pueblo lived in. The area may have had more water back then but the overall conditions would have been similar. With juniper trees, steep rock cliffs, and dangerous トレイル they walked alongside the cliffside. The danger of nature itself, and the possibility of rockslides or just falling on the edge of a narrow walkway.

The Square Tower of Mesa Verde

the square tower of mesa verde
スクエアタワー

This tower is somewhat hidden, and its location is also interesting. For スタッフ to go to such trouble to build in such a difficult location the way they did you do have to wonder why. I do see these types of defensive buildings to be defensive in nature, and there must have been a threat they were trying to protect themselves from.

the square tower of mesa verde
スクエアタワー

When you look at the buildings you see a multi-level structure and may have housed families or warriors for guard duty. I think research on this could 小屋 some light, and help change the perception of the ancient Pueblo スタッフ.

The Pit Houses of Mesa Verde

the pit houses of mesa verde
Pit Houses

ボーマン ピットハウス do show how these スタッフ lived in the aerier days. They did continually build upon each other, and make improvements over time.

the pit houses of mesa verde
Pit Houses

Storage and heating seemed to be a priority for survival in this 高地, and both would also be needed to keep water, cook, and be prepared for changes in their 食料供給.

メサヴェルデのピットハウスの周囲
ピットハウス周辺エリア。

As you walk around the area you do see an area that is much more expanded than what you see at first. As you walk around you see many sites that have not been explored or may have been backfilled to preserve them for the future.

Top Mesa Site

top mesa sites of mesa verde
Top Mesa Verde cliff dwellings Site

Once you get to this area things begin to get really interesting. These photographs, and so perfect looking they look almost fake taken from a model in a museum. However these are real and show how detailed the different 高地 cliff dwelling structures, or cities look.

top mesa sites of mesa verde
Top Mesa Site

When you look from afar you see how difficult it was to build these sites, and the amount of time it took would have been over many years.

Pueblo people living as the cliff dwellers
崖の住人として暮らしていた古代プエブロ族の木々の間からの眺め。
Mesa Verde ruins show a location built into the cliff gap.
メサ・ヴェルデ国立公園の遺跡は、崖の隙間に建てられた場所を示しています。
大家族や首長のためのクリフキバの可能性があります。
大家族や首長のためのクリフキバの可能性があります。
Two-story cliff dwelling structuring
Two-story cliff dwelling structuring
Another view of the two-story cliff dwelling structure of Mesa Verde.
Another view of the two-story cliff dwelling structure of Mesa Verde National PArk.

太陽の寺院

The sun temple of Mesa Verde
The sun temple of Mesa Verde Colorado

As you walk the site you notice how the area was prepared for ceremonies, larger groups of スタッフ visiting the site for religious purposes.

the sun temple of the ancient pueblo peoples of mesa verde
太陽神殿のレイアウトは非常によく計画されています。

With the halls having specific alignments they would have also been using it to follow the seasons and the movement of the sun. The sun was a major religious event, and solar events would have been watched from this location and may have had a significant religious impact of the culture over the years.

the sun temple of mesa verde
太陽の光線とカレンダーに合わせて配置します。

Wide enough for スタッフ to walk through one could assume priests and tribal leaders walks these halls. This place was significant and would have been difficult to abandon when the time came. In my opinion, only a major climate change event could have made this happen. The location was isolated and would have been easy to have lookout guards making it a difficult location to attack if coming from the outside. It basically just looks abandoned, and that is the basic conscientious from academia as well.

In conclusion, the photography of this site was just stunning, and so much so I want to 100% guarantee these are our photos, and they have not been doctored in any way. A few of them look like a perfect museum model to me and that is not the case. Even though there are some restrictions going inside the buildings, and around 公園 personnel the 公園 is 100% open. A few roads are closed for road repair but you can still view the site impacted from other lookout points. Keep in mind that this is a busy 公園, and still gets thousands of visitors, and if you are wanted to avoid スタッフ this would not be the 公園 for you. We highly recommend this 公園 and recommend making キャンプ 予約 ahead of time to ensure you have a good spot to rest. So next time you think you will be in the area make sure to check out the メサ·ヴェルデ 国民 パーク、時には メサ·ヴェルデ コロラド州.

 

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