May 26, 2006
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A kiva at the Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde. Kivas were ceremonial gathering rooms. There's a vent, a fire pit, and a "sipapu" (the little hole at the bottom right of the photo) that represented a symbolic entrance to the underworld.
Building at the Cliff Palace
May 26, 2006
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A building at the Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde
A Cliff Palace Petroglyph
May 26, 2006
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An original Native American painting inside one of the buildings at the Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde
The Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde
May 26, 2006
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The Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde
Four Corners Monument
May 26, 2006
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The Four Corners Monument, which marks the only point in the USA common to four state borders--Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. I'm taking this photo from Arizona, I guess.
Four Corners Monument
May 26, 2006
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The Four Corners Monument, which marks the only point in the USA common to four state borders--Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. I'm taking this photo from Colorado, I think.
Four Corners Benchmark
May 26, 2006
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The Four Corners benchmark
Shiprock
May 26, 2006
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A rock formation called Shiprock in the middle of the desert near the Four Corners
Shiprock
May 26, 2006
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A rock formation called Shiprock in the middle of the desert near the Four Corners
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