Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Chaco Culture' has mentioned 'Mesa' in the following places:
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The Chaco Wash flowed across the upper strata of what is now the 400-foot (120-meter) Chacra Mesa, cutting into it and gouging out a broad canyon over the course of millions of years. | WIKI |
The mesa comprises sandstone and shale formations dating from the Late Cretaceous,[14] which are of the Mesa Verde formation. | WIKI |
The canyon and mesa lie within the "Chaco Core"xe2x80x94which is distinct from the wider Chaco Plateau, a flat region of grassland with infrequent stands of timber. | WIKI |
Chacoan flora typifies that of North American high deserts: sagebrush and several species of cactus are interspersed with dry scrub forests of pixc3xb1on and juniper, the latter primarily on the mesa tops. | WIKI |
Casa Rinconada, isolated from the other central sites, sits to the south side of Chaco Wash, adjacent to a Chacoan road leading to a set of steep stairs that reached the top of Chacra Mesa. | WIKI |
Pueblo Alto is a great house of 89 rooms located on a mesa top near the middle of Chaco Canyon, 0.6 miles (1xc2xa0km) from Pueblo Bonito; it was begun between AD 1020 and 1050 during a wider building boom throughout the canyon. | WIKI |
[56] Another great house, Nuevo Alto, was built on the north mesa near Pueblo Alto; it was founded in the late 12th century, a time when the Chacoan population was declining. | WIKI |
[57] Larger, squarer blocks of stone were used in the masonry; kivas were designed in the northern Mesa Verdean tradition. | WIKI |
Kin Nahasbas, built in either the 9th or 10th century, is sited slightly north of Una Vida, positioned at the foot of the north mesa. | WIKI |
[60] Tsin Kletzin ("Charcoal Place"), a compound located on the Chacra Mesa and positioned above Casa Rinconada, is 2.3 miles (3.7xc2xa0km) due south of Pueblo Alto, on the opposite side of the canyon. | WIKI |
The largest, Kin Nizhoni, stands atop a 7,000-foot (2,100xc2xa0m) mesa surrounded by marshy bottomlands. | WIKI |
Casamero Pueblo is located on McKinley County Road 19, near Tecolote Mesa, a red sandstone mesa. | WIKI |