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Cliff House ruins
Object Number 976-1-00/1.64
Display Title Cliff House ruins
Descriptions
Object Description Written on front: "Ruins in Cliff Cañon, tributary of Mancos Cañon, Colorado. / discovered by Richard Wetheriel of Mancos, Dec 8/88. Visited by C.P. Howard and F.H. Chapin, Sept/89. / Photograph taken from north end. Structure is 425 feet long, 80 feet deep, 80 feet high, 125 rooms have been traced on ground floor."
Department Photographic
Date 1889
Culture
  • Prehistoric (US Southwest)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Colorado / Montezuma County / <City> / Mesa Verde
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Cardboard
Dimensions Overall: 15.875 × 22.86 cm (6 1/4 × 9 in.)
Quantity 1

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