Cedar Tree Tower
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Cedar Tree Tower is an ancient Ancestral Puebloan masonry tower ruin located along the Mesa Top Loop Road in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site
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masonry tower ruin ⓘ tower ⓘ |
| access | viewed from designated trail and overlook ⓘ |
| approximateConstructionPeriod | Pueblo II–Pueblo III period ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Ancestral Puebloan tower architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWithParkFeature | Mesa Top Loop archaeological overlooks GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTimePeriod | late prehistoric period of U.S. Southwest ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | protected within national park ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| culture | Ancestral Puebloan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation | high mesa-top setting ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Ancestral Puebloans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| functionHypothesis |
possible ceremonial or ritual structure
ⓘ
possible lookout or signaling tower ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Park Service ⓘ |
| hasConstructionMaterial |
mortar
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stone masonry ⓘ |
| hasInterpretiveSignage | yes ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | named for nearby cedar (juniper) trees ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
kiva ruin
ⓘ
prehistoric roomblock foundations ⓘ |
| hasTourismType | cultural tourism site ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | surrounding canyons and mesas ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of Mesa Verde National Park World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | archaeological ruin ⓘ |
| includedIn | interpretive materials about Mesa Verde mesa-top sites ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Mesa Top Loop Road interpretive route NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity |
Colorado
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCounty | Montezuma County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Mesa Verde plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Mesa Verde National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Mesa Verde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRoad | Mesa Top Loop Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Mesa Verde National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy |
National Park Service
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Park Service
|
| nearbyCity |
Cortez, Colorado
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mancos, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | Mesa Top archaeological district (Mesa Verde) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfCulturalLandscape | Four Corners region Ancestral Puebloan sites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservationState | ruin ⓘ |
| significance |
example of above-ground Ancestral Puebloan tower architecture
ⓘ
provides insight into Ancestral Puebloan community layout on Mesa Verde mesa tops NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| visitorAccessMode | private vehicles on Mesa Top Loop Road ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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