The Cook Collection and its connection to Sioux Chief Red Cloud at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument mentioned in my previous post served as the perfect transition to and preparation for our next stop, Fort Robinson State Park. Located in the ruggedly beautiful Pine Ridge landscape of northern Nebraska, close to South Dakota, it was … Continue reading Fort Robinson
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 It was, however, preceded and superseded in significance by New Mexico’s … Continue reading Ancestral Puebloans-Part 2: Chaco Canyon
In the Four Corners region of the United States, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet and the Colorado Plateau dominates countryside and climate, the land is riddled with innumerable ruins. Ruins reminiscent of complex societies that eked out an existence in this semi-arid to arid high desert. Once formerly nomadic Native tribes settled, … Continue reading Ancestral Puebloans Part 1: Overview
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