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    In archaeology, cliff dwellings are dwellings formed by using niches or caves in high cliffs, and sometimes with excavation or additions in the way of...
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    have been covered by Theodore Roosevelt Lake, elevated cliff dwellings remain. The cliff dwellings were built in the 14th century by Salado who moved up...
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    Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in North America. The structure built by the Ancestral Puebloans is located in Mesa Verde National Park in their...
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    The Manitou Cliff Dwellings are a privately owned tourist attraction consisting of replica Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and interpretive exhibits...
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    The Puye Cliff Dwellings are the ruins of an abandoned pueblo, located in Santa Clara Canyon on Santa Clara Pueblo Reservation land near Española, New...
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  • Gallo Cliff Dwelling is a pair of Ancestral Puebloan room blocks that lie under a cliff in Gallo Canyon, New Mexico, United States. Located adjacent to...
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    Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is a U.S. National Monument created to protect Mogollon cliff dwellings in the Gila Wilderness on the headwaters...
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    site. Cliff dwellings of the Sinaguas Montezuma Well is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, reference #66000082. Cliff dwellings of the...
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    Montezuma Castle National Monument (category Cliff dwellings)
    rooms. Radiocarbon dates from multiple construction beams show that the cliff dwelling was probably constructed in the middle 1100s AD with remodeling and...
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    The Sierra Ancha Cliff Dwellings are a series of Pre-Columbian native American cliff-dwellings located in the Sierra Ancha Wilderness. They were built...
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    dispersed farmsteads into community centers at pueblos canyon heads or cliff dwellings on canyon shelves. Population peaked between 1200 and 1250 to more...
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    Cattleya crispata, commonly known by the synonym Laelia flava, is a species of orchid endemic to Minas Gerais, Brazil. For registration purposes, the Royal...
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  • cliff-dwelling, Cliff Palace; 1190 to various dates; major construction, first 20 years 1280s–1350 The Sierra Ancha (Broad Mountains) cliff dwellings...
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    Mesa Verde National Park (category Cliff dwellings)
    table mountain") is best known for structures such as Cliff Palace, one of the largest cliff dwellings in North America. Starting c. 7500 BC Mesa Verde was...
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    the pair learn about Leo Minosa, a local man trapped in a collapsed cliff dwelling, and the two investigate. Tatum talks his way past the deputy sheriff...
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    pit houses, larger structures to house clans, grand pueblos, and cliff-sited dwellings for defense. They had a complex network linking hundreds of communities...
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    Navajo National Monument (category Cliff dwellings)
    northern Arizona, which was established to preserve three well-preserved cliff dwellings of the Ancestral Puebloan people: Keet Seel (Broken Pottery) (Kitsʼiil)...
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    Tonto National Monument (category Cliff dwellings)
    area, providing a rare, year-round source of water. Well-preserved cliff dwellings were occupied by the Salado culture during the 13th, 14th, and early...
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    interest. The cave-dwelling Tellem, an ethnic group later pushed out by the arrival of the Dogons, used to live in the slopes of the cliff. The Tellem legacy...
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    000 years. That Roundhouse is an early example of a modern roundhouse dwelling which was built in Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales without planning...
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    Walnut Canyon National Monument (category Cliff dwellings)
    4 km) long loop trail descends 185 ft (56 m) into the canyon passing 25 cliff dwelling rooms constructed by the Sinagua, a pre-Columbian cultural group that...
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    The Honanki Heritage Site is a cliff dwelling and rock art site located in the Coconino National Forest, about 15 miles (24 km) west of Sedona, Arizona...
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  • Stonehenge Dwellings Neolithic architecture long house British megalith architecture Nordic megalith architecture Burdei Cave Cliff dwelling Dugout Hut...
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    other cliff dwellings. These sites were used by successive cultures as residences and at times for burials. In 1923, an Indian Cliff Dwelling was discovered...
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    Moon House (sometimes written as Moonhouse) is a Pueblo III-period cliff dwelling located in southeastern Utah on Cedar Mesa in Bears Ears National Monument...
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    Abuna Yemata Guh (category Cliff dwellings)
    additional support) crowned with a walk over a 50 cm wide ledge facing a cliff of 300 metres (980 ft) sheer drop. The standing pillars are made up of Enticho...
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    and adults. Manitou Cliff Dwellings, a full-size replica of Anasazi Indian cliff dwellings, as well as a museum. The cliff dwellings were built in the early...
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    Comb Ridge (category Cliff dwellings)
    Holmann. Numerous cliff dwellings are found along the ridge. Monarch Cave Ruin cliff dwelling on Comb Ridge Monarch Cave Ruin cliff dwelling on Comb Ridge...
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    supported by post and beam networks. In the 13th and 14th centuries, cliff-dwellings became common. Research on Mogollon culture has led to the recognition...
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    Stonehenge Dwellings Neolithic architecture long house British megalith architecture Nordic megalith architecture Burdei Cave Cliff dwelling Dugout Hut...
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