Cliff Dwellings

Mesa Verde NP, Colorado

14. Cliff Dwellings

The tree-ring specimens which yielded the dates of several of the park ruins had been collected by the National Geographic Beam Expedition of 1923. Presuming that the year of the cutting was the year of actual use in construction, the following dates were established from selected beams in these major cliff dwellings:

Cliff Palace A. D. 1073
Oak Tree House A. D. 1112
Spring House A. D. 1115
Balcony House A. D. 1190-1206
Square Tower House A. D. 1204
Spruce Tree House A. D. 1216-1262

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