by Mesa Verde Country | Mar 15, 2023 | Culture & Art
Local Arts & Culture Housed in a 1909 historic building, the Cortez Cultural Center contains a wealth of information on archaeology and Native American culture. The Center’s Museum displays interpretive exhibits on the Basketmaker and Pueblo periods of...
by webmaster_mvc | Mar 15, 2023 | Culture & Art
An In-Depth Experience The Ute Mountain Tribal Park offers an in-depth experience not to be missed. Tribal members interpret tribal culture, pictographs, cliff dwellings, surface ruins, and artifacts. It has been selected by National Geographic Traveler as one of “80...
by Mesa Verde Country | Mar 15, 2023 | Culture & Art
Mesa Verde National Park was established in 1906 to preserve and interpret the archaeological heritage of the Ancestral Puebloan people who called it home for over 700 years from 600 to 1300 CE. The park protects nearly 5,000 known archaeological sites including 600...
by Mesa Verde Country | Mar 15, 2023 | Culture & Art
Crossroads for Two Cultures Named for homesteader George Lowry, this site is typical of the medium-sized pueblos that once dotted the Montezuma Valley. Lowry Pueblo had a total of about 40 rooms and 8 kivas at its peak in the early 11th century and was home to...
by Mesa Verde Country | Mar 15, 2023 | Culture & Art
Deserted Valley Hovenweep, a Ute Indian word meaning “deserted valley,” was once home to over 2,500 people – that’s more than the current population of Dolores and Mancos combined! Hovenweep includes six prehistoric villages built between A.D. 1200 and 1300. A...
by Mesa Verde Country | Mar 15, 2023 | Culture & Art
Stories of the Native American experience, including the Pueblo people, are often told in past tense. At the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, however, visitors experience a broader understanding of Indigenous cultures—past and present—through immersive workshops,...
