built by the ancestors of the Pueblo Indians nearly 1,000 years earlier. At first it seemed that Mesa Verde might suffer the same fate as smaller ancient sites discovered in the Four Corners area ...

While Mesa Verde is undoubtedly the most iconic example of Native American ruins in Colorado, the Painted Hand Pueblo is ...

The study of ancient civilizations and their downfall ... and the abandonment of major cities. The Ancestral Puebloans of the ...