Mesa Verde 2007

Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5
IMG_0247.JPG
IMG_0247.JPG
Navajo Canyon overlook
Navajo Canyon overlook
STB_0249.JPG
STB_0249.JPG
STC_0250.JPG
STC_0250.JPG
STD_0251.JPG
STD_0251.JPG
Tower House
Tower House
Early kiva near a pueblo
Early kiva near a pueblo
STA_0254.JPG
STA_0254.JPG
STB_0255.JPG
STB_0255.JPG
Cliff Palace from a far-away overlook
Cliff Palace from a far-away overlook
Unnamed dwelling
Unnamed dwelling
Dance House
Dance House
New Fire House
New Fire House
Sun Temple.  You couldn't really photograph the whole thing, but it looked a lot like a much smaller Chaco Canyon house
Sun Temple. You couldn't really photograph the whole thing, but it looked a lot like a much smaller Chaco Canyon house
IMG_0264.JPG
IMG_0264.JPG
Long House on Wetherill Mesa
Long House on Wetherill Mesa
Wetherill Mesa is only staffed May until Labor Day, so it was great to see this part of the park
Wetherill Mesa is only staffed May until Labor Day, so it was great to see this part of the park
IMG_0268.JPG
IMG_0268.JPG
IMG_0269.JPG
IMG_0269.JPG
IMG_0270.JPG
IMG_0270.JPG
Real ceilling beams from the dwelling (can't put them back because the ceillings are gone)
Real ceilling beams from the dwelling (can't put them back because the ceillings are gone)
IMG_0272.JPG
IMG_0272.JPG
Fire pit
Fire pit
Water fills an ancient catchpool
Water fills an ancient catchpool
IMG_0275.JPG
IMG_0275.JPG
IMG_0276.JPG
IMG_0276.JPG
Ancestral Puebloan handprint
Ancestral Puebloan handprint
Puebloans mark whether the rock is about to fall
Puebloans mark whether the rock is about to fall
Handprint high in the ceilling of the alcove
Handprint high in the ceilling of the alcove
Snall stairway, the first we've seen at Mesa Verde
Snall stairway, the first we've seen at Mesa Verde