Spruce Tree House

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Ancestral Puebloan site archaeological site cliff dwelling

Spruce Tree House is a well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling located within Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado.

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Label Occurrences
Spruce Tree House canonical 3
Spruce-tree House 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancestral Puebloan site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
cliff dwelling ⓘ
abandoned late 13th century ⓘ
access hiking trail from Chapin Mesa Archaeological Museum ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Spruce Tree House ⓘ
surface form: Spruce-tree House
archaeologicalCulture Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ
surface form: Mesa Verde culture
constructionEnd circa 1278 CE ⓘ
constructionStart circa 1211 CE ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culture Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ
surface form: Ancestral Puebloan
discoveredBy Charlie Mason ⓘ
Richard Wetherill ⓘ
discoveryYear 1888 ⓘ
elevation approximately 2130 meters ⓘ
function ceremonial center ⓘ
residential settlement ⓘ
hasFeature kivas ⓘ
multi-story masonry rooms ⓘ
plaza ⓘ
rock overhang shelter ⓘ
hasView Spruce Canyon ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageSiteOf Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ
Montezuma County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedOn Chapin Mesa ⓘ
managedBy National Park Service ⓘ
materialUsed mortar ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
wood ⓘ
nearestCity Cortez, Colorado ⓘ
numberOfKivas 8 ⓘ
numberOfRooms about 130 ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ
surface form: Mesa Verde cliff dwellings
period Pueblo III period ⓘ
preservationStatus well-preserved ⓘ
region southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: American Southwest
significance one of the best-preserved cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde ⓘ
third largest cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1978 ⓘ
visitorAccessStatus subject to closure due to rockfall danger ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mesa Verde National Park → contains → Spruce Tree House ⓘ
Spruce Tree House → alsoKnownAs → Spruce Tree House ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spruce-tree House
Square Tower House → similarTo → Spruce Tree House ⓘ
Sun Temple → nearbyFeature → Spruce Tree House ⓘ