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Southwest Archeological Ruins and Rock Art,
Part 2: Mesa Verde Region

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Image 1. Square Tower House at Mesa Verde

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Image 2. Square Tower House at Mesa Verde

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Image 3. Square Tower House at Mesa Verde

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Image 4. Petroglyphs in Yellowjacket Canyon, above the Ismay Trading Post

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Image 5. Petroglyphs in Yellowjacket Canyon, above the Ismay Trading Post

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Image 6. Petroglyphs in Yellowjacket Canyon, above the Ismay Trading Post

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Image 7. Petroglyphs in Yellowjacket Canyon, above the Ismay Trading Post

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Image 8. Petroglyphs in Yellowjacket Canyon, above the Ismay Trading Post

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Image 9. Petroglyphs in Yellowjacket Canyon, above the Ismay Trading Post


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Image 10. Spruce Tree House at Mesa Verde


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Image 11. "Two-story house", or "Broken Beam", in the Canyon of the Ancients

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Image 12. "Two-story house", or "Broken Beam", in the Canyon of the Ancients

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Image 13. The great kiva at Escalante Pueblo, Canyon of the Ancients


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Image 14. Petroglyphs in Cross Canyon, from hunter-gatherer times
around 2.000-500 BC

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Image 15. Petroglyphs in Cross Canyon, from hunter-gatherer times
around 2.000-500 BC


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Image 16. An excavated pit house at Mesa Verde, from around 800 CE

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