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Cliff "Palace," looking south

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Call NumberZ-15035CreatorChapin, Frederick H. (Frederick Hastings)Date1889-1890SummaryView of Cliff Palace, a North American Indian (Ancestral Puebloan) cliff dwelling in Cliff Canyon on the edge of Chapin Mesa in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Shows crumbling stone and masonry wall, rooms, and towers, many with window or door openings situated under a large cliff. A few of the rooms still have vigas protruding from the walls. Stone rubble litters the ground.Physical Description1 photographic print : albumen ; 16 x 23 cm (6 1/2 x 9 in.) mounted on album page 24 x 29 cm (9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIndians of North America--AntiquitiesPueblo Indians--AntiquitiesCliff Canyon (Colo.)Cliff Palace (Colo.)Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)Archaeological sitesCliff dwellingsCliffsTowersGeographic AreaMesa Verde National Park (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialMany photographs are included in: "The land of the cliff-dwellers," copyright 1892 by Frederick H. Chapin. https://archive.org/details/landofcliffdwell00chap/page/n8Type of MaterialAlbumen printsPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromImage from C Photo Album 107, Colorado Mancos Canyon album: p.35Original Material Found in CollectionC Photo Album 107. Colorado Mancos CanyonNotesNo high-resolution file is available. Title inked on album page. R7110150353DonorTanenbaum; purchase; 1950Languageeng

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