Mesa Top Loop Road sites
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Mesa Top Loop Road sites are a series of ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and mesa-top archaeological sites accessible via a scenic driving loop in Mesa Verde National Park.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mesa Top Loop Road sites canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site complex
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cultural heritage site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasAccessRestriction | day-use only ⓘ |
| hasAccessType | scenic driving loop ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPeriod |
Pueblo I period
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Pueblo II period ⓘ Pueblo III period ⓘ |
| hasEarliestConstructionDate | circa 550 CE ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroupAssociation | Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cliff dwellings viewpoints
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kivas ⓘ mesa-top villages ⓘ pit houses ⓘ |
| hasInterpretiveInfrastructure |
interpretive signs
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overlooks ⓘ parking pullouts ⓘ |
| hasLatestMajorOccupationDate | late 1200s CE ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryMaterial |
mortar
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sandstone ⓘ wooden beams ⓘ |
| hasRepresentativeSite |
Cedar Tree Tower
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Cliff Palace Overlook ⓘ Fire Temple Overlook ⓘ Navajo Canyon Overlook ⓘ Oak Tree House Overlook ⓘ Sagebrush House ⓘ Square Tower House ⓘ
surface form:
Square Tower House Overlook
Sun Point View ⓘ Sun Temple ⓘ pit house and kiva trail exhibits ⓘ |
| hasRoadConfiguration | one-way loop road ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
illustrates transition from pit houses to multi-room pueblos
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important for study of Ancestral Puebloan settlement patterns ⓘ preserves ancestral Puebloan architectural sequence ⓘ |
| hasTypicalVisitDuration | 1 to 2 hours ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Cliff Palace
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Square Tower House ⓘ Sun Temple ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado
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Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ Montezuma County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| managingOrganization |
National Park Service
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surface form:
U.S. National Park Service
|
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mesa Verde National Park road system
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Mesa Verde National Park ⓘ
surface form:
World Heritage property "Mesa Verde National Park"
|
Referenced by (1)
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