Discovery of the Two Storey Cliff House, painting

Discovery of the Two Storey Cliff House in Mancos Canyon by the Jackson Party in 1874, painting, 1936, oil on canvas, by William Henry Jackson at the age of 93, in the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum, in Mesa Verde National Park, Montezuma County, Colorado, USA. Jackson was a pioneer photographer who was working in the mountains at Mesa Verde when he met John Moss, a rancher and explorer, who showed him the ancient dwellings in the cliffs. Jackson took the first photographs of the ruins in 1874. Mesa Verde is the largest archaeological site in America, with Native Americans inhabiting the area from 7500 BC to 13th century AD. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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