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Mesa Verde is a national park in southwest Colorado. Mesa Verde translates from Spanish as "green table". The park features ruins of homes and villages built by the Anasazi, an ancient Pueblo people. It is known for spectacular cliff dwellings, structures built within caves and under outcroppings in cliffs including
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Anasazi
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