Far View Sites Complex

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Far View Sites Complex is a group of ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites in Mesa Verde National Park known for its ancient villages, towers, and kivas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancestral Puebloan site
archaeological site complex
associatedWithEthnicGroup Pueblo peoples
contains Coyote Village
Far View House
Far View Tower
Megalithic House
Pipe Shrine House
kivas
plaza areas
room blocks
towers
coordinateSystem geographic coordinates
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culture Ancestral Puebloans
endDate c. 1300 CE
excavatedInPartBy Jesse Walter Fewkes
hasArchaeologicalFeature great kiva
masonry towers
multi-room dwellings
reservoir
hasNameOrigin named for distant views from the mesa top
hasTouristInformation interpretive signs along trail
hasTrail Far View Sites trail
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageSiteOf Mesa Verde National Park
locatedIn Colorado
Mesa Verde National Park
Montezuma County, Colorado NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedOn Mesa Verde plateau
managedBy National Park Service
materialUsed mortar
sandstone
timber
openToPublic true
partOf Mesa Verde National Park
surface form: Mesa Verde archaeological district
period Pueblo II period
Pueblo III period
region southwestern United States
surface form: American Southwest
significance example of mesa-top Ancestral Puebloan farming community
illustrates transition from dispersed farmsteads to aggregated villages
startDate c. 900 CE
usedFor agricultural support
ceremonial activities
village habitation

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Mesa Verde National Park contains Far View Sites Complex