Around A.D. 1250, seeking refuge from some unknown threat, the Anasazi migrated from open villages to nearly inaccessible dwellings. A generation later, they moved again. Douglas Merriam In 1874 ...

Remarkably preserved, the cliff dwellings cluster in canyons that slice ... in the lives of a prehistoric people once dubbed the Anasazi. They are now more accurately called the ancestral ...

These rooms were carved into the cliffs and interconnected, forming a complex of living spaces, storage areas, and communal areas within the dwellings. The Anasazi Cliff Dwellings are ancient ...

Already, there was talk of a prehistoric culture of "cliff dwellers" — now known as the Anasazi — that seemed to have vanished into thin air. Lumholtz speculated that they had migrated south ...

All around the base of the cliff, we could see remains of pit houses. From there, a trail took us to the top of a mesa above these dwellings to what must have been a village. Pit houses dotted ...