Man walks the main trail, crossing a river, then leading to the ancient cliff dwellings of Bandelier National monument.

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Bandelier National Monument covers over 33,000 acres of rugged canyon and mesa country, but it also contains easy to access petroglyphs, dwellings carved into the soft rock cliffs, and standing masonry walls going back 11,000 years. This path leads to the main trail.

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Location: Bandelier National Monument, Los Alamos, New Mexico
Photo credit: © Neala McCarten / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: american, ancestral, ancient, archeology, cliff, culture, dwellings, early, geology, history, landscape, mexico, native, puebloans, pueblos, southwest, walks