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Cliff Palace, road leading to it, view of Col. "Sphinx" front ruins
Cliff Palace, road leading to it, view of Col. "Sphinx" front ruins
Object Number 2004.29.544
Display Title Cliff Palace, road leading to it, view of Col. "Sphinx" front ruins
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Colorado. / (Mesa Verde) / First view of Cliff House from opposite ruin rock. / Gift of Professor F. W. Putnam. Taken at Mesa Verde Cliff Palace. September 1899. / (verso) Cliff Palace. This palace is located in Manos Canon, southwestern Colorado, and is the largest Cliff Dweller ruin ever discovered. It is 425 feet long, 80 feet deep, ten stories high, and is estimated to have contained more than 800 full rooms and to have accommodated at least 2,300 inmates. The ground floor contains 124 full rooms. The upper floors were in such ruins as to render it impossible to count the rooms. All of these Cliff dwellings are built under overhanging ledges and are thus protected from the weather." [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Keywords
  • Archaeological
  • Geography
  • Site and Excavation
  • Land Transport
Subject
  • Ruin
  • Rock Formation
  • Road
Department Photographic
Date September 1899
Culture
  • Southwest
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Colorado / <County> / <City> / Cliff House
Additional Geographic Terms Mesa Verde; Mancos Canon
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 8.26 x 8.26 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam

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