Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Mesa Verde National Park' has mentioned 'Sandstone' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| The structures contained within these alcoves were mostly blocks of hard sandstone, held together and plastered with adobe mortar. | WIKI |
| Mesa Verde's canyons were created by streams that eroded the hard sandstone that covers the area. | WIKI |
| In the late Cretaceous Period, the Mancos Shale was deposited on top of the Dakota Sandstone, which is the rock formation that can be found under much of Colorado. | WIKI |
| The first is the Point Lookout Sandstone, which is named for the Point Lookout feature in the park (elevation 8427 feet). | WIKI |
| This sandstone, which formed in the marine environment of shallow water when the Cretaceous sea was receding, is "massive, fine-grained, cross-bedded, and very resistant", in its layers reflecting waves and currents that were present during the time of its formation. | 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 |
| Like the Point Lookout Sandstone, it is about 400 feet thick. | WIKI |
| Dating back more than 700 years, the dwelling is constructed of sandstone, wooden beams, and mortar. | WIKI |
| 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 |
| Large portions of the sandstone and mud-mortar multi-storey buildings have survived intact in form and materials, a tribute to the engineering skills of these early peoples as well as the dry environment of the mesaxe2x80x99s alcoves. | UNESCO |