Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Mesa Verde National Park' has mentioned 'Water' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| Major warming and drying from 5000 to 2500 might have led middle Archaic people to seek the cooler climate of Mesa Verde, whose higher elevation brought increased snowpack that, when coupled with spring rains, provided relatively plentiful amounts of water. | WIKI |
| [12] Ceramic vessels were a major improvement over pitch-lined baskets, gourds, and animal hide containers, which had been the primary water storage containers in the region. | WIKI |
| They were typically located near their fields and walking distance to sources of water. | WIKI |
| This practice continued into the mid- to late 12th century, but by the start of the 13th century they began living in canyon locations that were close to water sources and within walking distance of their fields. | WIKI |
| Water management and conservation techniques, including the use of reservoirs and silt-retaining dams, also emerged during this period. | WIKI |
| Hot rocks dropped into containers could bring water to a brief boil, but because beans must be boiled for an hour or more their use was not widespread until after pottery had disseminated throughout the region. | WIKI |
| Most Mesa Verdeans practiced dry farming, which relied on rain to water their crops, but others utilized runoff, springs, seeps, and natural collection pools. | WIKI |
| [80] Archaeologists believe that prior to the 13th century, springs and other sources of water were considered shared public resources, but as Mesa Verdeans moved into increasingly larger pueblos built near or around water supplies control was privatized and limited to members of the surrounding community. | WIKI |
| Between 750 and 800, Mesa Verdeans began constructing two large water containment structures in canyon bottoms xe2x80x93 the Morefield and Box Elder reservoirs. | WIKI |
| [82] A 2014 geospatial analyses suggested that neither collection nor retention of water was possible in the Far View Reservoir. | WIKI |
| Repeated uses rendered these bowls hard and impervious to water, which might represent the first fired pottery in the region. | WIKI |
| Examples are relatively rare on Mesa Verde proper, but abundant in the middle San Juan River area, which might indicate the river's importance as a travel route and key source of water. | WIKI |
| [43] Water for farming and consumption was provided by summer rains, winter snowfall, and seeps and springs in and near the Mesa Verde villages. | WIKI |
| At 7,000 feet (2,100xc2xa0m), the middle mesa areas were typically ten degrees Fahrenheit (5.5xc2xa0xc2xb0C) cooler than the mesa top, which reduced the amount of water needed for farming. | WIKI |
| The beds of the Mancos Shale are "fine-grained sand-stones, mudstones, and shales" which accumulated in the deep water of the Cretaceous Sea. | 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 |
| These were deposited in semi-marine environments of brackish water, such as swamps and lagoons. | WIKI |
| Small channels of water ran across this formation depositing gravel. | WIKI |
| Also uncovered during the fires were extensive water containment features, including 1,189 check dams, 344 terraces, and five reservoirs that date to the Pueblo II and III periods. | WIKI |