On the trail of the ancients: explore the lesser-known gems of an archaeological treasure trove near Colorado's Mesa Verde. (Travel).

From: Sunset | Date: March 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Sleeping Ute Mountain looms over southwest Colorado, its low, dark profile instantly recognizable as a supine figure. In the mountain's shadow are numerous archaeological sites that, like Sleeping Ute Mountain, can quickly stir the imagination to envision what life may have been like more than 1,000 years ago, when the Four Corners region was the center of the Ancestral Puebloan world. The remains of villages and structures here represent the greatest concentration of ancient sites anywhere in the United States. Together they help reveal the 1,300-year heyday of a culture that ...

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