This is part 6 of a series. Click here for part 1 (Overview), here for part 2 (Chaco Canyon), here for part 3 (Mesa Verde), here for part 4 (Hovenweep), and here for part 5 (Bandelier). If you have followed my blog for a while, you might remember my initial four-part series about Ancestral Puebloans from 2017 (that’s … Continue reading Ancestral Puebloans-Part 6: Chimney Rock
This is part 5 of a series. Click here for part 1 (Overview), here for part 2 (Chaco Canyon), here for part 3 (Mesa Verde), and here for part 4 (Hovenweep). If you have followed my blog for a while, you might remember my series about Ancestral Puebloans from 2017 (I know I sound like a broken record … Continue reading Ancestral Puebloans-Part 5: Bandelier
This is part 4 of a series. Click here for part 1 (Overview), here for part 2 (Chaco Canyon), here for part 3 (Mesa Verde), and here for part 5 (Bandelier). Hovenweep National Monument was established in 1923. A lesser-known assembly of Ancestral Puebloan relics, it straddles the border of southwest Colorado and southeast Utah … Continue reading Ancestral Puebloans-Part 4: Hovenweep
This is part 3 of a series. Click here for part 1 (Overview), here for part 2 (Chaco Canyon), here for part 4 (Hovenweep), and here for part 5 (Bandelier). Once Chaco Canyon lost its prominent role, due to natural or man-made causes, Mesa Verde saw its star shine brightly, before it, too, flickered, then … Continue reading Ancestral Puebloans-Part 3: Mesa Verde
This is part 2 of a series. Click here for part 1 (Overview), here for part 3 (Mesa Verde), here for part 4 (Hovenweep), and here for part 5 (Bandelier). Among the best-known architecture of the Ancestral Puebloans is Colorado’s Mesa Verde National Park. It was, however, preceded and superseded in significance by New Mexico’s … Continue reading Ancestral Puebloans-Part 2: Chaco Canyon
