Fire Temple Anasazi cliff dwelling, Mesa Verde, Colorado: view NE from SW loop of Ruins Road on Chapin Mesa. C13th structures made of sandstone blocks

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Fire Temple Anasazi cliff dwelling, Mesa Verde, Colorado: view NE from SW loop of Ruins Road on Chapin Mesa. Sandstone-block structures including a courtyard containing a kiva adjacent to New Fire House in a south-facing alcove in the sandstone canyon wall. Most cliff houses at Mesa Verde were built in the mid 1200s AD.

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Location: Fire Temple, Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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