Cliff Palace in Black and White
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Cliff Palace in Black and White
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture & Enhancement
Description
Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in North America. The structure built by the Ancestral Puebloans is located in Mesa Verde National Park in their former homeland region. The cliff dwelling and park are in the southwestern corner of Colorado, in the United States.
Tree-ring dating indicates that construction and refurbishing of Cliff Palace was continuous approximately from 1190 through 1260 in the Common Era, although the major portion of the building was done within a 20-year time span. The Ancestral Pueblo that constructed this cliff dwelling and the others like it at Mesa Verde were driven to these defensible positions by "increasing competition amidst changing climatic conditions". Cliff Palace was abandoned by 1300, and while debate remains as to the causes of this, some believe that a series of droughts interrupting food production systems is the main cause. Cliff Palace was rediscovered in 1888 by Richard Wetherill and Charlie Mason while out looking for stray cattle.
Some digital effects were applied to the original image after the photograph was made. Originally captured on Ektachrome film, it was digitized, folded, spindled and mutilated to resemble an early Daguerreotype photograph. No electrons were harmed during the transition. Ordered images will not contain the FAA watermark
Image copyright 2018 Jon Burch Photography
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December 11th, 2018
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