Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado protects and preserves the cultural heritage of 26 tribes of Ancestral ...

Can you go inside Mesa Verde? Yes. From Oct. 23 through April 30, the park entrance fee is $20 per private vehicle. From May 1 through Oct. 22, that fee goes up to $30.

In southwest Colorado, Mesa Verde National Park was established in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt to “preserve the works of man.” The “works of man” reference the 600 cliff dwellings ...

In this Aug. 27, 2005 file photo, visitors tour Cliff Palace, an ancient cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park, Colo. Researchers say they have new evidence that ancestral Pueblo people who ...

Mesa Verde National Park is home to some of the oldest human dwellings in North America. The structures were built by the Ancestral Pueblo people over 700 years ago.

Peabody believed that only as a national park could Mesa Verde be properly saved for future generations. On June 29, 1906, President Roosevelt signed the law creating Mesa Verde National Park.

Ancient DNA used to track the exodus of Pueblo people from Colorado's Mesa Verde region in the late 13th century indicates many wound up in the northern Rio Grande area of New Mexico. ... The Mesa ...

Mesa Verde's cliff dwellings are a little crumbly in places, and looters took away most of the pottery and baskets a century ago. But as you explore the southwestern Colorado national park, it's ...

Burke said Pueblo people began to migrate away from Mesa Verde in the 13th century. The exact reasons are unknown, but archaeologists tie the move to cultural and environmental changes.

The findings, by a team from Poland working inside Mesa Verde National Park, add to our understanding of the 13th-century Pueblan communities ...

Mesa Verde National Park's cliff-dwellings might get all the attention, but southwestern Colorado is incredibly full of archeological sites. Spend a few days in the towns of Cortez, Dolores and ...