Long House
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Long House is one of the largest and most significant Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde, featuring extensive multi-room structures built into a vast alcove.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Long House canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ prehistoric dwelling ⓘ |
| abandonedAround | late 13th century CE ⓘ |
| access |
guided tour
ⓘ
hiking trail on Wetherill Mesa ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cliff Palace
ⓘ
surface form:
Long House cliff dwelling
|
| approximateConstructionEnd | c. 1300 CE ⓘ |
| approximateConstructionStart | c. 1100 CE ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | multi-room masonry pueblo ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Mesa Verde National Park archaeology program ⓘ |
| builtIn | large sandstone alcove ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culture | Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ |
| environment | semi-arid high plateau ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | archaeologists of the National Park Service ⓘ |
| function |
ceremonial center
ⓘ
residential center ⓘ storage and agricultural support site ⓘ |
| hasFeature | extensive cliff-face footprint within a vast alcove ⓘ |
| hasPart |
kivas
ⓘ
ladder-accessed areas ⓘ masonry walls ⓘ multi-room roomblocks ⓘ plazas ⓘ storage rooms ⓘ terraces ⓘ |
| hasView | surrounding canyons of Wetherill Mesa ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationOf | Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado
ⓘ
Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ Montezuma County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Wetherill Mesa ⓘ |
| managedBy |
National Park Service
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Park Service
|
| materialUsed |
adobe mortar
ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ wooden beams ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mesa Verde National Park
ⓘ
surface form:
Mesa Verde cliff dwellings
|
| preservationStatus | protected archaeological ruin ⓘ |
| relativeSizeWithinMesaVerde | among the largest cliff dwellings after Cliff Palace ⓘ |
| significance |
one of the largest cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde
ⓘ
one of the most significant Ancestral Puebloan sites on Wetherill Mesa ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Pueblo III period ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.