Mesa Verde
Published on Nov 21, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
WHAT IS IT
- Mesa Verde is a national park
- Mesa Verde is a ancestral building
- Mesa Verde is cultural park
- Mesa Verde is a beautiful park in Colorado
- Mesa Verde is a park full of history
Photo by ***Bud***
DISCOVERED
- Was first found in 1888
- Discovered by local farmers
- Designated in 1978
- Criteria iii
- Established in June 29, 1906
Photo by Markusnl
LOCATION
- This national park is located in colorado
- The country is U.S.A., North America
- The nearest town is Longmont
- Next to Wyoming
- Off the east of Longmont
Photo by james_gordon_losangeles
MAP
THINGS TO DO
- You can go on a train ride
- You can explore the history
- You can visit the ruins there
- See the wildlife
- Check out the sun temple
Photo by 12fh
FACTS
- There is a sun temple
- There is also a lake
- Mesa verde is Spanish for "green table"
- Mesa verde is rated 4.5 stars
- These are some of the best preserved ruins in the U.S.A.
Photo by bmooneyatwork
ANIMALS
- There lots of animals for example there are lizard(collard)
- Birds:wild turkey,western tanager and spotted owls.
- Snakes:prairie rattlesnake and gopher snakes.
- Predators:wolves and bobcats
- Prey:deer, Cotten tailed and weasels
Photo by gus_the_mouse
HISTORY
- Was the first of it's kind
- The Ancestral puebloans who inhabited Mesa verde for over 700 years
- By the late 1270s the puebloans began migrating to New Mexico and Arizona
- Roosevelt established Mesa verde national park to preserve "the work of men"
- Mesa verde was built in a cave
IS MESA VERDE IN DANGER
- There has been some littering
- There are stray horses roaming around
- There have been some wildfires
- Some weeds could potentially prevent the nature from growing
- Wildfires destroyed over 36,000 acres of forest and shrub lands
Photo by michael j. moeller
TECHNOLOGY USED AT MESA VERDE
- They use technology for the lamps
- They use technology for food
- They use it for lights
- The use phones to communicate in case of wildfire
- They also use it for
Photo by Bibi
