GUIDING QUESTIONS

  • What is a MESA?

  • What artistic traditions are modern Puebloans known for that can be traced back to their ancestors (like those who lived at Mesa Verde)?

  • By around what year were the Mesa Verde sites abandoned?

  • What is a KIVA (found in the cliff dwellings)?

  • What are typical features of a KIVA? (see article)

  • What does NAGPRA stand for?

  • Approximately how many rooms does CLIFF PALACE at Mesa Verde have?

  • According to the article, what are some of the theories surrounding why Mesa Verde was abandoned?