Square Tower House

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Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling archaeological site

Square Tower House is an ancient Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling notable for its multi-story stone tower built into a sheltered alcove.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Square Tower House canonical 2
Square Tower House Overlook 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
abandoned late 13th century CE ⓘ
archaeologicalResearch Ancestral Puebloan architecture ⓘ
Ancestral Puebloan social organization ⓘ
architecturalStyle Puebloan architecture ⓘ
buildingTechnique masonry construction ⓘ
conservationStatus protected archaeological site ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culture Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ
discoveredBy Anglo-American explorers in late 19th century ⓘ
elevation cliff face ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ
floorCountOfTower approximately four ⓘ
hasPart kivas ⓘ
multi-story stone tower ⓘ
plaza ⓘ
rooms ⓘ
hasView Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ
surface form: Mesa Verde canyons
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageDesignationOf Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ
inception circa 1200 CE ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ
Montezuma County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedInFeature rock alcove ⓘ
locatedOn Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ
surface form: Mesa Verde
managedBy National Park Service ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Park Service
materialUsed mortar ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
wooden beams ⓘ
numberOfStories four-story tower (approximate) ⓘ
openToPublic yes (guided access, subject to park regulations) ⓘ
partOf cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde ⓘ
region southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: American Southwest
roofingMaterial wood and earth ⓘ
significantFor example of Ancestral Puebloan cliff architecture ⓘ
well-preserved multi-story tower ⓘ
similarTo Cliff Palace ⓘ
Spruce Tree House ⓘ
timePeriod Pueblo III period ⓘ
tourism cultural heritage tourism destination ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial purposes ⓘ
residential purposes ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Mesa Verde National Park → contains → Square Tower House ⓘ
Mesa Top Loop Road sites → hasViewOf → Square Tower House ⓘ
Mesa Top Loop Road sites → hasRepresentativeSite → Square Tower House ⓘ
this entity surface form: Square Tower House Overlook