cliff dwelling
Canyon wall residence
A cliff dwelling is a structure built into a cliff face or rock overhang, typically by indigenous peoples of the American Southwest.
The Ancestral Puebloans constructed elaborate cliff dwellings in places like Mesa Verde, using natural alcoves for protection from weather and enemies.
The term also describes the ruins themselves: We hiked to see the cliff dwellings.
- puebloCommunal adobe village
- Mesa VerdeColorado cliff-dwelling preserve
- mesaFlat-topped steep-sided elevation
- AnasaziAncient Southwestern cliff-dwelling people
- canyonDeep river-cut gorge
Four Corners · ledge · ancient · ruins · adobe · sandstone · ladder · kiva · storage room · roof beam · petroglyph · rock art · hand prints · overhang · rock · shelter · cave · ancestral
- dwellingshouse, home, apartment, cabin, cottage
- historic dwellingsmanor house, longhouse, log cabin, farmhouse, cottage
- historic placesghost town, old town, ancient city, colonial town, historic district
- historic sitesruins, historic site, basilica, monument, fortress
- settlementsvillage, cities, hamlet, city, towns
- Southwestmesa, Monument Valley, Arizona, New Mexico, Grand Canyon
cliff dwellingdetached home
Residence unconnected to neighbors
prairie house · mobile home · tract housing · modular home · tract home
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