Colorado, USA - May 2008; Mesa Verde National Park is a World Heritage Site located in Montezuma County, Colorado. It contains some of the best preser

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Colorado, USA - May 2008; Mesa Verde National Park is a World Heritage Site located in Montezuma County, Colorado. It contains some of the best preserved Ancestral Puebloan archeological sites in the United States, with Amerindian tribal ruins, with the first pueblos dating back to about 650 BCE.

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