Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Mesa Verde National Park' has mentioned 'Cliff' in the following places:
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| With more than 5,000 sites, including 600 cliff dwellings,[2] it is the largest archaeological preserve in the United States. | WIKI |
| They built the mesa's first pueblos sometime after 650, and by the end of the 12th century, they began to construct the massive cliff dwellings for which the park is best known. | WIKI |
| Since Fire Temple was at least partially built to conform to the dimensions of the cliff alcove in which it was built, it is neither round in form nor truly subterranean like other structures generally defined as kivas. | WIKI |
| Mesa Verde is best known for a large number of well-preserved cliff dwellings, houses built in alcoves, or rock overhangs along the canyon walls. | WIKI |
| In marked contrast to earlier constructions and villages on top of the mesas, the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde reflected a region-wide trend towards the aggregation of growing regional populations into close, highly defensible quarters during the 13th century. | WIKI |
| [70] Styles for these sandstone/mortar constructions, both surface and cliff dwellings, included T-shaped windows and doors. | WIKI |
| [102] The cliff dwellings were built to take advantage of solar energy. | WIKI |
| The angle of the sun in winter warmed the masonry of the cliff dwellings, warm breezes blew from the valley, and the air was ten to twenty degrees warmer in the canyon alcoves than on the top of the mesa. | WIKI |
| In the summer, with the sun high overhead, much of the village was protected from direct sunlight in the high cliff dwellings. | WIKI |
| Mesa Verde's slant contributed to the formation of the alcoves that have preserved the area's cliff dwellings. | WIKI |
| At the top, this formation is intruded upon by the Cliff House Sandstone. | WIKI |
| The Cliff House Sandstone is the area's youngest rock layer. | WIKI |
| Believing the cliff dwellings to be sacred ancestral sites, they did not live in the ancient dwellings. | WIKI |
| Her party rediscovered Echo Cliff House, Three Tier House, and Balcony House in 1885; these discoveries inspired her to protect the dwellings and artifacts. | WIKI |
| [117][116] Among the people who stayed with the Wetherills and explored the cliff dwellings was mountaineer, photographer, and author Frederick H. Chapin, who visited the region during 1889 and 1890. | WIKI |
| Nordenskixc3xb6ld published, in 1893, The Cliff Dwellers of the Mesa Verde. | WIKI |
| [123] Her efforts included enlisting support from 250,000 women through the Federation of Women's Clubs, writing and having published poems in popular magazines, giving speeches domestically and internationally, and forming the Colorado Cliff Dwellers Association. | WIKI |
| The Colorado Cliff Dwellers' purpose was to protect the resources of Colorado cliff dwellings, reclaiming as much of the original artifacts as possible and sharing information about the people who dwelt there. | WIKI |
| Jesse Walter Fewkes at Mesa Verde cliff dwellings, c.xe2x80x891910 | WIKI |
| In the 1920s, the park began offering "Indian ceremony" performances that gained popularity among visiting tourists; however, the ceremonies did not actually reflect the rites of the Ancient Puebloans who lived in the cliff dwellings nor the rites of the modern Ute. | WIKI |
| [137] The park covers 52,485 acres (21,240xc2xa0ha)[138] It contains 4,372 documented sites, including more than 600 cliff dwellings. | WIKI |
| Three of the cliff dwellings on Chapin Mesa are open to the public. | WIKI |
| Hundreds of surface sites, cliff dwellings, petroglyphs, and wall paintings of Ancestral Puebloan and Ute cultures are preserved in the park. | WIKI |
| In addition to the cliff dwellings, Mesa Verde boasts a number of mesa-top ruins. | WIKI |
| Balcony House tour: (1) entrance 32-ft ladder, (2) 12-ft tunnel, (3-5) exit up 60-ft cliff face | WIKI |
| The exit, a series of toe-holds in a cleft of the cliff, was believed to be the only entry and exit route for the cliff dwellers, which made the small village easy to defend and secure. | WIKI |
| [153][154] Visitors can only enter Balcony House through a ranger-guided tour, which involves numerous ladders up the cliff face and crawling through a small tunnel. | WIKI |
| [160] Its rooms are not clustered like typical cliff dwellings. | WIKI |
| This plateau in southwest Colorado, which sits at an altitude of more than 2,600 meters, contains a great concentration of spectacular Pueblo Indian dwellings, including the well-known cliff dwellings. | UNESCO |
| Some 600 cliff dwellings built of sandstone and mud mortar have been recorded within Mesa Verde National Parkxc2xa0xe2x80x93 including the famous multi-storey Cliff Palace, Balcony House, and Square Tower Housexc2xa0xe2x80x93 and an additional 4,300 archaeological sites have been discovered. | UNESCO |