Mesa Verde

[ mey-suh vurd, vur-dee ]

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noun

a national park in SW Colorado: ruins of prehistoric cliff dwellings. 80 sq. mi. (207 sq. km).

Mesa Verde

/ ˈmeɪsə ˈvɜːd /

a high plateau in SW Colorado: remains of numerous prehistoric cliff dwellings, inhabited by the Pueblo Indians

In all probability many objects of interest or information concerning the Mesa Verde cliff dwellers have been lost.

The next work to be undertaken should be the excavation and repair of a Mesa Verde pueblo.

The walls, as a rule, were made of stone; indeed it is unusual to find adobe walls in cliff-dwellings of the Mesa Verde.

Here the people of the Mesa Verde finally succumbed to their enemies.

The Mesa Verde therefore is, technically speaking, a cuesta rather than a mesa.

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