Another view of Spruce Tree House in Mesa Verde National Park. Â Here you can see a ladder leading to an underground chamber, probably a “kiva” used for religious purposes, according to the anthropologists.
Spruce Tree House is the best preserved of all the cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde. Â Because they are made of the local, soft stone, coupled with mud for slurry and covering the stones, the Park Service does routine restorations on all the dwellings. Â This keeps them from slowly decaying and dissolving in weather and rain.
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