265 results on '"MESA Verde National Park (Colo.)"'
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2. The Curious Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga Menziesii) Trees in Schulman Grove, Mesa Verde National Park, Southwestern Colorado, USA.
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Nash, Stephen E., Towner, Ronald H., and Dean, Jeffrey S.
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DOUGLAS fir , *NATIONAL parks & reserves , *TREES , *FOREST management , *TREE-rings ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
In 1954, archaeologists James Allen Lancaster and Don Watson and dendrochronologist Edmund Schulman asserted that a small grove of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsugamenziesii [Mirbel] Franco var. glauca [Beissener] Franco) trees in Navajo Canyon on the west side of Chapin Mesa in Mesa Verde National Park contained evidence of stone-axe-cut tree limbs. In 1965, archaeologists Robert Nichols and David Smith published an article entitled "Evidence of Prehistoric Cultivation of Douglas-Fir Trees at Mesa Verde," in which they supported the Lancaster/Watson/Schulman assertion with tree-ring dates from suspected stone-axe-cut limbs. If correct, Nichols and Smith (1965) document the only trees in the entire U.S. Southwest that contain ancient stone-axe-cut stubs and evidence of precolumbian forest management. Rather than accept their interpretations at face value, we attempt to replicate their dates through the (re)analysis of archived and recently collected tree-ring samples, and through a controlled analysis and comparison of archived and published records. We could not confirm their results, and we have no option but to reject their claim that Schulman Grove contains evidence of precolumbian tree manipulation by Ancestral Puebloan inhabitants of Mesa Verde. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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3. Interpreting an Absence Esther's Legacy at Mesa Verde National Park.
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Fine-Dare, Kathleen S. and Durkee, Bryanna N.
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BASKETMAKER culture (Southwestern United States) , *MUMMIES , *ARCHAEOLOGICAL human remains , *ANTIQUITIES ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
The article explores historical and archaeological questions related to female mummified remains dating to circa 2120 B.P. known as "Ester." She was one of the archaeological Basketmaker II artifacts removed from the Durango, Colorado area, taken by amateur archaeologist Zeke Flora in 1937 on advice from another amateur archaeologist Helen Sloan Daniels. Other topics include Mesa Verde National Park, repatriation of cultural property, and conflicts over access to material culture items.
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- 2011
4. A Tale of Two Cliff Dwellings: Parallels Between Humans and Native Bees.
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Orr, Michael C, Parker, Frank D, and Woodard, S Hollis
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BEES , *INSECT nests , *SANDSTONE , *CLIFFS ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Published
- 2018
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5. Late Quaternary loess and soils on uplands in the Canyonlands and Mesa Verde areas, Utah and Colorado.
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Reheis, Marith C., Goldstein, Harland L., Reynolds, Richard L., Forman, Steven L., Mahan, Shannon A., and Carrara, Paul E.
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LOESS , *QUATERNARY Period , *LUMINESCENCE , *PARTICLE size distribution , *SANDSTONE ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
Thin loess deposits on the uplands of the southeastern Colorado Plateau have previously not been well studied. We sampled deposits and soils from trenches on Hatch Point (HP) mesa near Canyonlands National Park, Utah, and from two outcrops in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. At HP, the oldest buried unit yielded 2 optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) ages of 10,370 and 7555 yr; the middle unit yielded 10 OSL ages from 6220 to 1385 yr; and the youngest unit had a single age of 1740 yr. At Mesa Verde (MV), three loess units are preserved in the two outcrops we examined; 6 OSL ages range from 51 to 17 ka. At least one buried soil is present between two units with ages of about 50 and 40 ka. The ages of the loess units in both study areas correspond well with OSL-dated dune sands in Canyonlands National Park and with dune sands on Black Mesa, Arizona. Particle-size distribution combined with chemical and magnetic data indicate that HP loess was derived mostly from nearby sandstone sources with a small component of far-traveled atmospheric dust, whereas MV loess was sourced both from the nearby sandstone and the San Juan River and its tributaries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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6. LOG HOME ROAD TRIP: Colorado.
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COLORADO description & travel ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
The article offers travel tips for Colorado and includes recommendations for visiting Mesa Verde National Park, Billy Crystal's classic portrayal of Mitch Higgins, and North Park Pioneer Museum.
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- 2018
7. Demographic and Social Dimensions of the Neolithic Revolution in Southwest Colorado.
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Ortman, Scott G., Diederichs, Shanna, Schleher, Kari, Fetterman, Jerry, Espinosa, Marcus, and Sommer, Caitlin
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NEOLITHIC revolution , *BASKETMAKER culture (Southwestern United States) , *LAND settlement patterns ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) ,COLORADO state history - Abstract
We address aspects of the Neolithic Revolution in the Mesa Verde region of Southwest Colorado. We first propose a new method of dating habitations within the Basketmaker III period (AD 600-725) using vessel forms in pottery assemblages. Then we adapt this method to new survey and excavation data to investigate demographic processes behind the formation of Mesa Verde Pueblo society. Finally, we quantify extramural storage space across Basketmaker III households to investigate the development of private property during this period. Our results indicate that both in-migration and intrinsic growth were involved in the formation of Mesa Verde Pueblo society; that agricultural households became increasingly dispersed over time; and that household agricultural outputs took the form of a log-normal distribution typical of societies with private property rights. Collectively, these findings suggest private property rights co-evolved with agriculture and settled communities, as researchers have suggested for other world areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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8. AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE.
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Siber, Kate
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CLIMATE change , *SOIL erosion , *ROCK bolts , *CLIFF-dwellings , *PUEBLO peoples (North American peoples) -- Antiquities , *GLOBAL warming ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
The article focuses on an analysis of issues related to climate change conditions at the Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado with observation of soil erosion. Topics discussed include consideration of rock bolts for protection of the Spruce Tree House as Puebloan cliff dwellings impacted by climate change; concerns related to an increase in sea-level that damages archaeological remains; and consideration of the Park officials for enhancement of awareness regarding global warming.
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- 2017
9. JOURNEY INTO HISTORY.
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Comarow, Avery
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CLIFF-dwellings , *VACATIONS , *RECREATION ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) ,COLORADO description & travel - Abstract
Discusses vacations at Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado. Cliff Palace, which dominates the park's attractions; History of the cliffside dwellings; Architecture which is classic Southwest; Travel recommendations; The museum at Chapin Mesa.
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- 2005
10. THE SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CENTRAL MESA VERDE REGION.
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Schwindt, Dylan M., Varien, Mark D., Bocinsky, R. Kyle, Kohler, Timothy A., Ortman, Scott G., and Glowacki, Donna M.
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CLIMATE change , *ARCHAEOLOGICAL research , *ANTIQUITIES ,POPULATION history ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
The consequences of climate change vary over space and time. Effective studies of human responses to climatically induced environmental change must therefore sample the environmental diversity experienced by specific societies. We reconstruct population histories from A.D. 600 to 1280 in six environmentally distinct portions of the central Mesa Verde region in southwestern Colorado, relating these to climate-driven changes in agricultural potential. In all but one subregion, increases in maize-niche size led to increases in population size. Maize-niche size is also positively correlated with regional estimates of birth rates. High birth rates continued to accompany high population levels even as productive conditions declined in the A .D. 1200s. We reconstruct prominent imbalances between the maize-niche size and population densities in two subregions from A.D. 1140 to 1180 and from A.D. 1225 to 1260. We propose that human responses in those subregions, beginning by the mid-A.D. 1200s, contributed to violence and social collapse across the entire society. Our findings are relevant to discussions of how climate change will affect contemporary societies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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11. MESA VERDE'S TOP SIX.
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Ruland, Mikaela
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NATIONAL parks & reserves ,SAND dunes ,FOREST reserves ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
The article discusses things to do in Mesa Verde. It includes beat the heat by seeing Mesa Verde's most adventurous cliff dwelling, Balcony House, at sunrise. A ranger will lead you up ladders and through narrow tunnels. It explores the six-mile Mesa Top Loop Road, a scenic drive that stops at 12 archaeological sites.
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- 2022
12. Potential Impacts of Overlapping Land-Use and Climate in a Sensitive Dryland: A Case Study of the Colorado Plateau, USA.
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Copeland, Stella M., Bradford, John B., Duniway, Michael C., and Schuster, Rudy M.
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LAND use ,CLIMATOLOGY ,ECOSYSTEMS ,ARID regions ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
The article discusses the impacts of overlapping land-use and climate on ecosystem services and landscape attributes in a sensitive dryland. It discusses temporal and spatial trends and projections for categories of land-use as well as aridification in the Colorado Plateau. It also discusses pressure of land- use and climate change on environmental resources. It presents the photographs of Canyonlands National Park, and Mesa Verde National Park.
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- 2017
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13. EPILOGUE.
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Smith, Duane A.
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NATIONAL parks & reserves ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) ,HISTORY - Abstract
An essay is presented on the Mesa Verde National Park. It focuses on the part of Mesa Verde's history that led to its declaration as a U.S. federal national park protected by the U.S. government and other significant events leading to its current state. It recounts how the Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association succeeded in persuading the 59th U.S. Congress and then President Theodore Roosevelt to declare the park a national park.
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- 2006
14. CHAPTER 7: SEEING MESA VERDE: INSPIRATION FOR ARTISTS AND WRITERS.
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MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
Chapter 7 of the book "Mesa Verde National Park: The First 100 Years" is presented. Though many interpretations of Mesa Verde either romanticize its mysteries or offer artistic creations void of cultural sensitivities, the chapter provides a fascinating look at illustrating its past in pictures, paper or canvas. Willa Cather's visit to the park inspired her to publish an essay in "Denver Times" in 1916 and a novel titled "The Professor's House." Architect Mary Colter created her work "Watchtower" which was inspired from the towers of the cliff dwellings.
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- 2006
15. SANDSTONE AND SUNSHINE.
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Zwinger, Ann Haymond
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ESSAYS ,SANDSTONE ,SEDIMENTS ,DWELLINGS ,CLIFFS ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) ,NATIONAL parks & reserves - Abstract
An essay is presented on the Mesa Verde National Park. It discusses a great deal on the Cliff Palace which the author regards as the crown jewel of Mesa Verde. It illustrates the Cliffhouse Sandstone, the uppermost layer of the group, which consists of a massive deposit of marine sediments dating back 120 to 65 million years ago. It also describes the way the cliff dwellings were constructed and investigates why the ancestral Puebloans chose to live in a place that is difficult to access and how they lived there over the centuries.
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- 2006
16. CHAPTER 6: NATURAL HISTORY: MESA VERDE'S WILD SIDE.
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PLANTS ,ANIMALS ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
Chapter 6 of the book "Mesa Verde National Park: The First 100 Years" is presented. It discusses the preservation of Mesa Verde National Park's wealth of flora and fauna such as the bighorn sheep, mule deer, and elk. The park also boasts of piñon-juniper forests, rare marine fossils and endemic insects. It has become a challenge for scientists, interpreters, and administrators to preserve the park's many natural wonders. Paul Franke became Mesa Verde's first ranger-naturalist in 1930 who established the first Mesa Verde Library Association.
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- 2006
17. CHAPTER 5: TOURISM AND WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION.
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TOURISM ,CULTURAL property ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
Chapter 5 of the book "Mesa Verde National Park: The First 100 Years" is presented. The chapter highlights the growing tourism industry consisting of foreign and local tourists. The park's growing popularity boosted the economies of communities surrounding Mesa Verde such as Cortez, Mancos, Durango, Santa Fe, Denver, Flagstaff, and Gallup. It became one of the wonders of the world and, in 1978, was declared a World Cultural Heritage in honor of its cultural and natural treasures.
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- 2006
18. CHAPTER 4: DEVELOPING A NATIONAL PARK: TRANSPORTATION, LODGING, AND AMENITIES.
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RAILROADS ,GOLD ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
Chapter 4 of the book "Mesa Verde National Park: The First 100 Years" is presented. It discusses the development of Mesa Verde National Park simultaneous with the development of southwestern Colorado into a flourishing community. In 19th century, the Santa Fe railroad was built which made it easy and fast to travel to the region. The discovery of gold and silver in the nearby San Juan mountains boosted the population and along came park managers, concessionaires, and the Civilian Conservation Corps who built various structures and public utilities.
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- 2006
19. CHAPTER 3: DIGGING INTO THE PAST: ARCHAEOLOGY.
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ARCHAEOLOGY ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
Chapter 3 of the book "Mesa Verde National Park:The First 100 Years" is presented. It discusses the evolution of archeological methods and techniques performed in Mesa Verde. As archeological diggings evolved into more systematic studies of the site, fresh studies and interpretations emerged adding knowledge on ancestral Puebloan culture. Primitive archeology and pothunting ended in 1908 with the arrival of Jesse Walter Fewkes of the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology who excavated and stabilized sites for safe public visitation.
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- 2006
20. CHAPTER 2: ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL PARK.
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MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
Chapter 2 of the book "Mesa Verde National Park: The First 100 Years" is presented. The chapter highlights the efforts of Virginia McClurg who fought for the protection of Mesa Verde as a state park under the auspices of the women's group, the Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association. However, Lucy Peabody, campaigned and won to convert Mesa Verde into a national park under the care of the U.S. government. On June 29, 1906, the 59th U.S. Congress and then President Theodore Roosevelt signed into law declaring Mesa Verde as the country's first national park.
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- 2006
21. CHAPTER 1: DISCOVERING MESA VERDE: THE EARLY VISITORS.
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DWELLINGS ,CLIFFS ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
Chapter 1 of the book "Mesa Verde National Park: The First 100 Years" is presented. The chapter features early discoveries from visitations made by various Anglo visitors such as Francisco Atanasio Dominguez, Silvestre Velez de Escalante, William Becknell and Dr. John S. Newberry. The mysteries of these cliff dwellings fascinated them and documented their explorations in the area. One report encouraged others to visit the site and see the architectural skills of the semi-barbarians in the ancient days.
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- 2006
22. PROLOGUE.
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ESSAYS ,NATIONAL parks & reserves ,PIONEERS ,EVERYDAY life ,CULTURE ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) ,HISTORY - Abstract
An essay is presented on the history of the Mesa Verde region from the late 6th century when the first permanent settlers arrived to the second advancement in 1300 A.D. Based on discoveries in the area, archeologists were able to reconstruct the everyday life at Mesa Verde. Due to the absence of a written language however, there are no documentation on the culture and traditions of early Puebloans which enhances the fascination over their existence in the park.
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- 2006
23. INTRODUCTION.
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HOUK, ROSE
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MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) ,ANNIVERSARIES - Abstract
The article highlights the centennial anniversary of the Mesa Verde National Park through the introduction of an anthology entitled "The First 100 Years" which gives a detailed account of the beginnings of century old cliff dwellings and pueblos.
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- 2006
24. Fire, vegetation, and Ancestral Puebloans: A sediment record from Prater Canyon in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, USA.
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Herring, Erin M, Anderson, R Scott, and San Miguel, George L
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SEDIMENT analysis , *SEDIMENTATION & deposition research , *FIRES & the environment , *VEGETATION & climate , *CLIMATIC factors of pollen dispersal , *PUEBLOS , *UTAH juniper ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
Continuous sediment, charcoal, and pollen records were developed from a ~7-m sediment core from Prater Canyon in Mesa Verde National Park (MEVE), Colorado, USA. Sediment input into the canyon is episodic and is linked to precipitation runoff and vegetation cover. Pollen recovered from the Prater Canyon sediment core reflect the vegetation changes within the MEVE region. During the period recorded, the vegetation of the region surrounding Prater Canyon transitioned from xeric adapted species in an open environment to a more mesic, Pinus edulis–Juniperus osteosperma (piñon–juniper) woodland over the last 1500 years. Two distinct changes in fire frequency occurred. Before 4080 cal. yr BP, fires occurred at a much more frequent rate (2.5–12 fires/200 years) than from 4060 cal. yr BP to present (0–2 fires/200 years). Most importantly, the variations occurring in the charcoal record for the past 2500 years coincide with both shifts in human occupation and climate fluctuations within the region, with burning increasing during Ancestral Puebloan occupation and moist but increasingly dry conditions, and declines in both at the end of the ‘Medieval Climate Anomaly’ (MCA). The record from Prater Canyon demonstrates the importance of the Ancestral Puebloans in landscape modification during their occupation from ad1 to 1300. Charcoal deposition also increased during the 20th- to 21st-century transition with the highest deposition rates of the core recorded then. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2014
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25. Mummy Lake: an unroofed ceremonial structure within a large-scale ritual landscape.
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Benson, L.V., Griffin, E.R., Stein, J.R., Friedman, R.A., and Andrae, S.W.
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CEREMONIAL objects , *RITUAL , *LANDSCAPES , *RESERVOIRS , *WATER distribution ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
Abstract: The structure at Mesa Verde National Park known historically as Mummy Lake and more recently as Far View Reservoir is not part of a water collection, impoundment, or redistribution system. We offer an alternative explanation for the function of Mummy Lake. We suggest that it is an unroofed ceremonial structure, and that it serves as an essential component of a Chacoan ritual landscape. A wide constructed avenue articulates Mummy Lake with Far View House and Pipe Shrine House. The avenue continues southward for approximately 6 km where it apparently divides connecting with Spruce Tree House and Sun Temple/Cliff Palace. The avenue has previously been interpreted as an irrigation ditch fed by water impounded at Mummy Lake; however, it conforms in every respect to alignments described as Chacoan roads. Tree-ring dates indicate that the construction of Spruce Tree House and Cliff Palace began about A.D. 1225, roughly coincident with the abandonment of the Far View community. This pattern of periodically relocating the focus of an Anasazi community by retiring existing ritual structures and linking them to newly constructed facilities by means of broad avenues was first documented by Fowler and Stein (1992) in Manuelito Canyon, New Mexico. Periods of intense drought appear to have contributed to the relocation of prehistoric Native Americans from the Far View group to Cliff Palace/Spruce Tree House in the mid-13th century and eventually to the abandonment of all Anasazi communities in southwestern Colorado in the late-13th century. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2014
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26. TRAIL OF THE ANCIENTS.
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REPP, THOMAS ARTHUR
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UNITED States description & travel ,UTAH description & travel ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
The article offers travel tips for various locations in the U.S. such as the Trail of the Ancients in Utah, the Four Corners Monument, a quadripoint connecting the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, and the Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado.
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- 2015
27. The Great SOUTHWEST ROAD TRIP.
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Jaffe, Matthew
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MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) ,CANYON de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.) ,TOURISM ,ARIZONA description & travel - Abstract
The article offers a travel guide for areas in the Southwest U.S. such as Sedona, Arizona, Winslow, Arizona, Mesa Verde, Colorado, the Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, and Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. Topics include recommendations for items such as site seeing areas, restaurants, and accommodations.
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- 2014
28. Roost selection by western long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis) in burned and unburned piñon--juniper woodlands of southwestern Colorado.
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SNIDER, E. APPLE, CRYAN, PAUL M., and WILSON, KENNETH R.
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BATS , *MAMMALS , *WILDFIRES , *LONG-eared myotis ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
All 16 species of bats known to occur in western Colorado are found at Mesa Verde National Park (MVNP) in the southwestern United States. Since 1996, wildfires have burned more than 70% of MVNP (>15,000 ha), potentially altering food and roosting resources for bats. During the summers of 2006-2007, we investigated roost use by reproductive female western long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis). We located 33 bat roosts in rock crevices and 1 in a juniper snag. All but 2 of the roosts were in unburned habitat. Bats roosted alone or in small groups (≤3 individuals) and switched roosts frequently (1-7 roosts per bat, median = 1.5 roosts per bat, SE = 0.5 roosts per bat). We compared occupied roosts with randomly selected unoccupied crevices and used an information theoretic approach to determine which variables were most important in determining roost use at microhabitat and landscape scales. At the microhabitat scale, maternity roosts were higher above the ground and deeper than random, unoccupied rock crevices. At the landscape scale, roosts were closer to water and farther from burned habitat than random crevices, providing reproductive female M. evotis with the best opportunities to drink and forage for insects. Tree roosts are apparently not a vital resource for reproductive female M. evotis during the summer months at our study site, presumably because of the extensive availability of rock crevices. Understanding site-specific roosting behavior is important for proper management of bat populations because differences can exist between geographic regions, even among areas with similar plant communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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29. THE POTENTIAL OF OSTEOMETRIC DATA FOR COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES OF TURKEY (Meleagris gallopavo) HUSBANDRY IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST.
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BADENHORST, SHAW, LYLE, ROBIN, MEREWETHER, JAMIE, DRIVER, JONATHAN C., and RYAN, SUSAN C.
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ZOOARCHAEOLOGY , *TURKEYS , *OSTEOMETRY , *ARCHAEOLOGY , *PUEBLOS , *DOMESTIC animals , *ANIMAL culture , *HISTORY ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
In this paper we highlight the value of taking standardized measurements from fragmented bones of turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) from ancient sites in the American Southwest. We present turkey measurement data from two sites in the Central Mesa Verde region of southwestern Colorado; Albert Porter and Sand Canyon Pueblos, dating to the Pueblo II and III (AD 920-1280) periods. Our analyses indicate that fragmented bone epiphyses can successfully distinguish male from female turkeys. Such data can be used to construct population profiles of turkeys and contribute to an understanding of husbandry and the domestication process. At Albert Porter Pueblo we also investigated whether or not turkeys from the Pueblo II period (A.D. 920-1140) differed in size from turkeys during Pueblo III period (A.D. 1140-1280). Although the average bone measurements are smaller for turkeys from Pueblo II compared to Pueblo III, our data are inconclusive and limited by small sample sizes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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30. CYCLICAL CULTURAL TRAJECTORIES A Case Study from the Mesa Verde Region.
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Arakawa, Fumiyasu
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SOCIAL evolution , *PUEBLO peoples (North American peoples) , *ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations , *SOCIAL hierarchies , *SOCIAL structure ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
In this study, models of cultural evolution are used to examine one of most intensively studied archaeological areas in world: the central Mesa Verde region of southern Colorado (USA). I work back and forth between models in this case study to tease out new insights into culture change in the Mesa Verde region and to suggest ways that models of culture change can be improved. The results of a new research program, the Village Ecodynamics Project, are presented here and provide the most recent and refined account of settlement in the central Mesa Verde region. The study concludes that many factors contributed to culture change in the region, and it suggests that one factor has been overlooked in previous studies: the development of incipient social hierarchy. This study argues that the development of social inequality needs to be added to the mix offactors that produced culture change, especially immigration from the region during the tenth and thirteenth centuries. This study suggests that evolutionary models emphasizing cyclical change are more appropriate than unilinear models. A model of cyclical change that highlights the dimensions of demographic scale and the emergence of hierarchical social organization best describes the cultural trajectory of the Mesa Verde region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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31. BATS OF MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO: COMPOSITION, REPRODUCTION, AND ROOSTING HABITS.
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O'Shea, Thomas J., Cryan, Paul M., Snider, E. Apple, Valdez, Ernest W., Ellison, Laura E., and Neubaum, Daniel J.
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BAT reproduction , *CLIMATE change , *DROUGHTS & the environment , *FIRES , *LITTLE brown bat ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
We determined the bat fauna at Mesa Verde National Park (Mesa Verde) in 2006 and 2007, characterized bat elevational distribution and reproduction, and investigated roosting habits of selected species. We captured 1996 bats of 15 species in mist nets set over water during 120 nights of sampling and recorded echolocation calls of an additional species. The bat fauna at Mesa Verde included every species of bat known west of the Great Plains in Colorado, except the little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus). Some species showed skewed sex ratios, primarily due to a preponderance of males. Thirteen species of bats reproduced at Mesa Verde. Major differences in spring precipitation between the 2 years of our study were associated with differences in reproductive rates and, in some species, with numbers of juveniles captured. Reduced reproductive effort during spring drought will have a greater impact on bat populations with the forecasted increase in aridity in much of western North America by models of global climate change. We radiotracked 46 bats of 5 species to roosts and describe the first-known maternity colonies of spotted bats (Euderma maculatum) in Colorado. All 5 species that we tracked to diurnal roosts relied almost exclusively on rock crevices rather than trees or snags, despite the presence of mature forests at Mesa Verde and the use of trees for roosts in similar forests elsewhere by some of these species. Comparisons with past bat surveys at Mesa Verde and in surrounding areas suggest no dramatic evidence for effects of recent stand-replacing fires on the composition of the bat community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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32. READING, WRITING, AND RECORDING THE ARCHITECTURE: HOW ASTRONOMICAL CYCLES MAY BE REFLECTED IN THE ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRUCTION AT MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO, USA.
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Munson, Gregory E., Bates, Bryan C., and Nordby, Larry V.
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ARCHAEOASTRONOMY ,ANCIENT architecture ,ASTRONOMICAL geography ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
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- 2008
33. TOOLSTONE PROCUREMENT PATTERNS ON WETHERILL MESA, MESA VERDE, A.D. 600-1280.
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Arakawa, Fumiyasu and Gerhardt, Kimberlee M.
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL research , *PUEBLO peoples (North American peoples) -- Antiquities , *MESAS , *HISTORY ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
Analysis of debitage from Wetherill Mesa in Mesa Verde National Park indicates dramatic changes in toolstone procurement patterns through time. For much of the early occupation of Wetherill Mesa, locally available igneous and indurated shale toolstones were the primary resources utilized. During the Pueblo II period, however, there was a shift to the use of Brushy Basin chert, which outcrops approximately 20 km away By the end of the Pueblo II period, there is another change in procurement. Silicified mudstones from the Burro Canyon and Morrison formations, from approximately 10 km away, were used. These changes in toolstone provide important clues about the changing social landscape in the central Mesa Verde region over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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34. MESA VERDE SETTLEMENT HISTORY AND RELOCATION.
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Cordell, Linda S., Van West, Carla R., Dean, Jeffrey S., and Muenchrath, Deborah A.
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PUEBLO peoples (North American peoples) -- Antiquities , *NATIVE American history , *ARCHAEOLOGY ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
At the beginning of the thirteenth century A.D., the Mesa Verde region was densely inhabited by Ancestral Pueblo peoples. By the end of that century, Ancestral Pueblo peoples no longer permanently inhabited the region. We present detailed reconstructions of precipitation based on tree rings from five geographic subregions of Ancestral Pueblo occupation (Mesa Verde, Tsegi/Kayenta, Chama, Cibola, and Santa Fe) and a consideration of distributions of archaeological ceramic styles and types from four corresponding Ancestral Pueblo subculture areas (Mesa Verde, Kayenta, Cibola, and the Northern Rio Grande) in order to explore Ancestral Pueblo strategies of adaptation to farming under conditions of often inadequate precipitation. Our analyses examine and corroborate the notion that Ancestral Pueblo peoples of the Mesa Verde region maintained long-term relationships of social interaction primarily with groups that were proximate and also experienced different and complementary patterns of precipitation. These social relationships, along with development of a marked gradient in precipitation, may have facilitated eventual migration pathways from the Mesa Verde region to the northern Rio Grande. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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35. HISTORICAL ECOLOGY IN THE MESA VERDE REGION: RESULTS FROM THE VILLAGE ECODYNAMICS PROJECT.
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Varien, Mark D., Ortman, Scott G., Kohler, Timothy A., Glowacki, Donna M., and Johnson, C. David
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HUMAN settlements , *NATIVE Americans , *POPULATION dynamics , *HUMAN ecology , *LAND settlement , *DEMOGRAPHIC anthropology , *LAND use -- History , *POPULATION geography , *DEMOGRAPHIC change , *CORN harvesting , *POPULATION ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
Using the occupation histories of 3,176 habitation sites, new estimates of maize-agriculture productivity, and an analysis of over 1,700 construction timbers, we examine the historical ecology of Pueblo peoples during their seven-century occupation (A.D. 600-1300) of a densely settled portion of the Mesa Verde archaeological region. We identify two cycles of population growth and decline, the earlier and smaller peaking in the late-A.D. 800s, the later and larger in the mid-A. D. 1200s. We also identify several episodes of immigration. Formation of aggregated settlements, which we term community centers, is positively correlated with increasing population and the time elapsed in each settlement cycle, and it persists during periods of regional population decline, but it does not correlate with climatic variation averaged over periods. Architectural and land-use practices depleted pinyon-juniper woodlands during the first cycle, but more stable field systems and greater recycling of construction timber resulted in more sustainable management of wood resources during the second cycle, despite much higher population densities. Our estimates for maize production are lower than previous estimates, especially for the A.D. 1200s, when population reached its peak in the study area. Even so, considerable potential agricultural production remained unused in the decades that immediately preceded the complete depopulation of our study area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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36. Predicting and mitigating weed invasions to restore natural post-fire succession in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, USA.
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M. Lisa Floyd, David Hanna, William H. Romme, and Timothy E. Crews
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WILDFIRES ,WEEDS ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
Six large wildfires have burned in Mesa Verde National Park during the last 15 years, and extensive portions of burns were invaded by non-native plant species. The most threatening weed species include Carduus nutans, Cirsium arvense, and Bromus tectorum, and if untreated, they persist at least 13 years. We investigated patterns of weed distribution to identify plant communities most vulnerable to post-fire weed invasion and created a spatially explicit model to predict the most vulnerable sites. At the scale of the entire park, mature pion?juniper woodlands growing on two soil series were most vulnerable to post-fire weed invasion; mountain shrublands were the least vulnerable. At a finer scale, greater richness of native species was correlated with greater numbers of non-native species, indicating that habitats with high native biodiversity are at the greatest risk of weed invasion. In unburned areas, weed density increased with greater soil nitrogen and phosphorus, and lower salinity. In burned areas weed density correlated with soil nitrogen status and textural class. We also evaluated the effectiveness of a variety of weed mitigation methods; aerial seeding of targeted high-risk areas with native grasses was the most effective treatment tested. We recommend a conservative mitigation plan using natives grass seed on only the most invasible sites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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37. Mesa Verde Centennial Celebration.
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Walls, Simon G. and Longo, Nicole
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PUEBLO peoples (North American peoples) , *HERITAGE tourism , *CULTURE & tourism , *CULTURAL property , *ECOTOURISM , *HISTORICAL museums , *NATIONAL parks & reserves ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
Mesa Verde is the historical familial home of the Ancestral Pueblo People. It is a heritage center and leading archeological park that offers visitors an educational experience in a well-kept preserve. The park offers many ancient archeological sites such as the elaborate stone cliff dwelling structures, artifacts, and ceremonial kivas dug deep into the earth. Due to devastating fires over several annual seasons, attendance at Mesa Verde National Park has been disappointing. Capitalizing upon the centennial celebration in 2006, the park's 100th birthday, park officials hope to increase patronage. Historically the park has been partly responsible for bringing several hundred thousand visitors and much of the tourism dollars that flow into the remote southwestern Colorado and four-corners region each year. It is not only responsible for a direct economic impact but also an indirect economic impact found with other area tourist attractions such as hotels, restaurants, and souvenir shops. Thus, lower park attendance figures have a significant impact on the surrounding four-corners region. Tracy Chavis, Executive Director of the Mesa Verde Museum Association, knew all about the disappointing park attendance and problems the park had faced over the past few years and knew she had to do something about itÛand she knew she had to do something soon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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38. FIRE HISTORY AND VEGETATION PATTERN IN MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO, USA.
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Floyd, M. Lisa, Romme, William H., and Hanna, David D.
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FOREST fires ,VEGETATION dynamics ,FORESTS & forestry ,VEGETATION mapping ,FOREST mapping ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) ,HISTORY - Abstract
The article presents a study which examines the ecological significance of large fire history and dramatic vegetative changes in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Mapping of the spatial extent of all fires >10 hectare (ha) that occurred during the last 150 years within a 6600-ha and turnover time are offered. Findings of the study determine that the frequency and extent of fire during the last 50 in Mesa Verde have not been greatly vary from the natural fire regime of the late 1800s.
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- 2000
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39. Revegetation of Roadcut Slopes in Mesa Verde National Park, U.S.A.
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Paschke, Mark W., DeLeo, Claire, and Redente, Edward F.
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REVEGETATION , *SLOPES (Physical geography) ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
AbstractThe geology of Mesa Verde National Park (MVNP) poses unique problems to road construction and maintenance. Major geologic formations of the Park consist of an overlying resistant sandstone cap underlain by highly erodable shales. Once this sandstone cap is removed, the shales are easily eroded away, creating the notable mesas of the region. In many places, road construction has removed the sandstone layer and vegetation resulting in unaesthetic barren slopes that require continual maintenance and have proven difficult to revegetate. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of several cultural techniques combined with seeding and transplanting indigenous plants for revegetation of these roadcut slopes. Techniques evaluated were fertilization, mulching, soil pitting, and polyacrylamide amendments. Replicated test plots were established at three roadcut sites in MVNP to evaluate these techniques by measuring percent plant cover by species over a 4-year period. A combination of seeding grasses and transplanting forbs and shrubs appeared to be the optimal way to maintain species diversity and structure on the roadcuts while accomplishing the goal of revegetating these difficult sites. The perennial forb Aster glaucodes and the shrub Artemisia ludoviciana showed high survival when transplanted in the experimental roadcut sites. These species, as well as the perennial grass Pascopyrum smithii, also established well from seed. The addition of an organic fertilizer, in combination with mulch, proved to be the most effective method of improving vegetation cover for these and other transplanted species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2000
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40. Parks For All?
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MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) ,MANAGEMENT of national parks & reserves - Abstract
The article focuses on the views of Cliff Spencer, superintendent of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado on the struggle faced by the U.S. National Park Service to connect with Americans. Topics include concerns of John Reynolds, regional director of park on management of national park, demographic shifts of Hispanic and racial homogeneity. Also mentions an overview on the efforts made by the Park Service to encourage diversity among its staff and visitors.
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- 2014
41. SNAPS.
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BOOTH, RON, BOOTH, ELAINE, MARTELLO, JENNIFER, MARTELLO, JOHN, LANDE, BJφRN, DWYIER, JOHN, "BLACKBART", KEITH, DARBY, GREGG, and DARBY, DEBRA
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MOTORCYCLE touring ,MOTORCYCLES ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) ,COLORADO description & travel - Abstract
The article presents authors' views, who attended in a motorcycle touring event organized by Twisted Trailz Excursions LLC in the U.S. as of November 2013, regarding their touring experiences. All the authors share their favorite destinations covered in the tour including Million Dollar Highway, Mesa Verde National Park, and Monument Valley in Colorado. Also presented are photographs of authors with their touring bikes.
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- 2014
42. High Desert Hemp: A greenhouse with a purpose: Colorado project showcases the resiliency of a cannabis greenhouse.
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HOLLEB, JOSH
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GREENHOUSE design & construction ,GREENHOUSE plants ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) ,MARIJUANA industry ,BIOSECURITY - Published
- 2018
43. Chapter 45: MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK: MOREFIELD CAMPGROUND.
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CAMP sites ,RECREATION areas ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
Chapter 45 of the book "The Best in Tent Camping: Colorado: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Potable Stereos," by Kim Lipker and Johnny Molloy is presented. It offers information on the Morefield campground at the Mesa Verde National Park in Cortez, Colorado which has more than 400 camp sites with adequate amenities. It also emphasizes that campers could engage in activities such as ranger-led walks, hiking, automobile touring, and high-quality ranger programs.
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- 2007
44. INDEX.
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INDEXES ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
A subject index for the book "Mesa Verde National Park: The First 100 Years" is presented.
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- 2006
45. For the Love of Hummers.
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PALUMBO, JEAN
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HUMMINGBIRDS ,ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. ,ORNITHOLOGY ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
The article reports on the move of Hummingbird Monitoring Network (HMN) in its intention for hummingbird conservation. It notes that in 2011, it marks their fifth year of monitoring hummingbird at Mesa Verde in Colorado. It cites that the information gathered in monitoring can be the best protection, the group can offer to hummingbirds. It mentions several species at Mesa Verde including Calliope, rufous and black-chinned.
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- 2011
46. BEYOND MESA VERDE.
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Roberts, David
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CLIFF-dwellings ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
The article focuses on the Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado and its cliff dwellings built by the Anasazis. It also discusses the author's rock climb to Eagle Nest in the Park, which was first coined by Richard Wetherill, in December 1888, when he discovered the Mesa Verde's Cliff Palace. It also discusses the origins of the Ute Mountain Tribal Park, a sub-division of the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation in Colorado.
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- 2011
47. Willa Cather's Mesa Verde Myth.
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Harrell, David
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BIOGRAPHIES of authors , *LITERARY characters , *GEOGRAPHICAL discoveries , *GEOGRAPHY in literature , *ESSAYS , *LITERARY criticism ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
This article deals with the retelling of the story of Richard Wetherill by Willa Cather in the book "The Professor's House." According to the author, the real story of Wetherill is told through the character of Tom Outland when he discovers Cliff City in Blue Mesa. The author suggests that her arrival at the retelling of Wetherill's story came about indirectly through her experience discovering Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde in Colorado, her meeting with Richard Wetherill's brother, and Cather's retelling of the discovery story in her 1916 Mesa Verde essay.
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- 1990
48. Cities of Stone.
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Minard, Anne
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NATIONAL parks & reserves ,CANYON de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.) ,HOVENWEEP National Monument (Utah & Colo.) ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
The article offers information on several national parks in the U.S. The Canyon de Chelly National Monument is located across Arizona's eastern border and is a quarter-mile hike to the White House Ruin. The Hovenweep National Monument, on the other hand, is along the Utah-Colorado border and is said to be a centuries-old ghost town. While the Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado is home to the infamous Spruce Tree House, a chiseled architectural marvel. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2009
49. summer camp for all.
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Margolies, Jane
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CAMPS ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) ,SKIN diving - Abstract
The article focuses on specialty summer camps for families. The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center is a science camp in Cortez, Colorado modeled after a Pueblo farmstead, which gives campers the chance to identify pottery, stone and animal-bone artifacts. A tour of Mesa Verde National Park serves as the program finale. The Jean-Michel Cousteau Family Camp in Howlands Landing, California features oceanographer Jean-Michel Cousteau and other scientists who will lead snorkel trips and talk about their expeditions.
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- 2009
50. 40 BEST DEALS.
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PACKAGE tours ,MESA Verde National Park (Colo.) - Abstract
The article provides information on several travel packages. Gate 1 Travel's eight-day tour to Norway starts in Oslo and visits the city of Bergen, the former Olympic town of Lillehammer, and the village of Borgund. Expedia offers a 10-day escorted tour to Egypt, which include round trip from Cairo with transfers and local transportation, five nights' hotel, and a desert camel ride. The Aramark Mesa Verde package for Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado includes stay at the Far View Lodge inside Mesa Verde National Park.
- Published
- 2008
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