In this final episode of season four, we're going to talk about the myth that first drew European descendant people to these desert canyons just a few centuries ago - where did the people of Mesa Verde go? Why did they move on? And, why is this myth that they vanished from their ancestral homelands so damaging to descendant communities today?
Read MoreThe rock art in the Southwest is as iconic to the region as the cliff dwellings themselves. From animal shapes to handprints to intricate spirals, these petroglyphs and pictographs adorn the landscape, leaving messages from hundreds and thousands of years in the past. What do these symbols mean?
Read MoreWhy did the Ancestral Pueblo People build these world renowned alcove villages?
Read MoreThe stunning alcove villages - such as Cliff Palace - are what originally captured the attention of the first European descendant folks to move through the canyons of Mesa Verde. However, these were not the largest communities in the Mesa Verde region… not by a long shot.
Read MoreIn this episode, we're talking about how the Ancestral Pueblo people came to be in the Southwest, and how Indigenous and European ways of learning and knowing about the past can complement each other.
Read MoreMesa Verde Voices is a production of the Mesa Verde Association and Mesa Verde National Park.
