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Cliff "Palace"

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Call NumberZ-15036CreatorChapin, Frederick H. (Frederick Hastings)Date1889-1890SummaryInterior view of Cliff Palace, a North American Indian (Ancestral Puebloan) cliff dwelling in Cliff Canyon, located on the edge of Chapin Mesa, in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Shows crumbling two and three story stone and masonry rooms or buildings, many with window or door openings situated under a large cliff. Large pieces of sandstone have fallen from the cliff and have shattered some of the ruins. Stone and masonry 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 dwellingsCliffsGeographic 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.36Original Material Found in CollectionC Photo Album 107. Colorado Mancos CanyonNotesNo high-resolution file is available. Title inked on album page. R7110150361DonorTanenbaum; purchase; 1950Languageeng

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