Far View House
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Far View House is a large Ancestral Puebloan great house ruin within Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, notable for its multi-room masonry architecture and role in the region’s prehistoric community life.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ancestral Puebloan great house
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archaeological site ⓘ ruin ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Ancestral Puebloan masonry architecture ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culture | Ancestral Puebloans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Euro-American archaeologists in late 19th or early 20th century ⓘ |
| estimatedConstructionCentury | 12th century ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | archaeologists under National Park Service sponsorship ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
kivas
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multi-room masonry architecture ⓘ multi-story roomblocks ⓘ plazas ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfRooms | more than 30 rooms ⓘ |
| hasView | overlooks surrounding mesa-top landscape ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of Mesa Verde National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | protected archaeological resource ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado
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Montezuma County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedOn | Mesa Verde plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Mesa Verde National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Park Service ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
stone masonry
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wooden beams ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | named for expansive views from the site ⓘ |
| near |
Coyote Village
NERFINISHED
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Far View Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ Far View Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ Meg Village NERFINISHED ⓘ Pipe Shrine House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| partOf |
Far View group
NERFINISHED
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Mesa Verde cultural landscape NERFINISHED ⓘ cluster of mesa-top Ancestral Puebloan sites ⓘ |
| period | Pueblo II–Pueblo III period ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | stabilized ruin ⓘ |
| significance | important center of prehistoric community life in Mesa Verde region ⓘ |
| tourism | interpretive trail destination in Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial activities
ⓘ
community activities ⓘ residential purposes ⓘ |
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