In a 1907 informational pamphlet, the attraction falsely claimed that the builders of the cliff dwellings went extinct after a volcanic explosion and insisted that “Pueblo Indians are not ...

Brief synthesis . This Pueblo Indian settlement in northern New Mexico, consisting of ceremonial buildings and facilities, and multi-storey adobe dwellings built in terraced tiers, exemplifies the ...

In December 1888, Colorado cowboys discovered a remarkable archaeological site at Mesa Verde, revealing a silent city of stone built by a peaceful Indian civilization centuries before Columbus.

A great concentration of ancestral Pueblo Indian dwellings, built from the 6th to the 12th century, can be found on the Mesa Verde plateau in south-west Colorado at an altitude of more than 2,600 m.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. George L. Beam (1868-1935) was company photographer for the Denver & Rio Grande railroad. In this capacity, he documented the railroad and scenery ...

SANTA CLARA PUEBLO, N.M. -- A wildfire that forced federal employees to flee the birthplace of the atomic bomb neared the sacred sites of several American Indian tribes Saturday, raising fears ...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — The fire that burned down 260 homes in Los Alamos destroyed historic Indian ruins over the weekend and threatened to turn back toward town with an increase in the winds Tuesday.