Cliff Palace
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Cliff Palace
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 Southwestern United States.
Tree-ring dating indicates that construction and refurbishing of Cliff Palace was continuous approximately from 1190 CE through 1260 CE, although the major portion of the building was done within a 20-year time span. The Ancestral Puebloans who constructed this cliff dwelling and the others like it at Mesa Verde were driven to these defensible positions by changing climatic conditions.
Cliff Palace was abandoned by 1300, and while debate remains as to the causes , it is believed that a series of droughts interrupting food production systems was the main cause. Cliff Palace was discovered 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. No electrons were harmed during the transition. Ordered images will not contain the Fine Art America watermark.
Image copyright 2020 Jon Burch Photography
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March 14th, 2020
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