and modern Pueblo tribes in the Southwest consider themselves descendants of these ancestral people. Some 40 pueblos and cliff dwellings are visible from park roads and overlooks; some of these ...

Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado preserves the remarkable legacy of the Ancestral Pueblo people who thrived here for centuries. Known for its stunning cliff dwellings like Cliff Palace and Balcony ...

In 1889, while searching for stray cattle in southwestern Colorado, rancher Richard Wetherill and his four younger brothers stumbled across ancient ruins in the cliffs of a high plateau known as ...