GUIDING QUESTIONS
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?