January 22, 2012 Today's Photo
"Cliff Dwelling"
From around 700 AD to 1300 AD in the American southwest there existed a robust culture of cliff dwelling people that today we call the "Anasazi" or "Ancient Pueblo". Many of their dwellings were constructed high on a cliff face requiring a difficult climb to access them. They left these structures for reasons that are somewhat unclear. Warring tribes, lack of food and drought are the most suspected reasons. Because of the arid climate and their generally being built in a protected part of the cliff face, they still stand intact today....
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