Balcony House, Mesa Verde

Work Information
Period: Ancestral Puebloan
Location: City/Site: Mesa Verde National Park
Region: Colorado
Country: United States
Date: ca.1170 - 1276
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.

Available Views

Kua-0127
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Description: General view NNW of the Balcony House ruin at Mesa Verde.
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Alternate Cat. #: Kua-0127
Rights: © Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Kua-0128
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Description: View across two kivas to the buildings tucked under the massive cliff overhang.
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Alternate Cat. #: Kua-0128
Rights: © Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Kua-0129
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Description: Close view of the face-like arrangement of door and window openings in the building façade.
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Alternate Cat. #: Kua-0129
Rights: © Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Kua-0130
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Description: View NNW of stone ruins under the cliff overhang. The tiny window opens into the northern portion of the cliff dwelling.
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Alternate Cat. #: Kua-0130
Rights: © Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Kua-0131
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Description: A two-storied masonry building supported with metal clamps.
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Alternate Cat. #: Kua-0131
Rights: © Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Kua-0132
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Description: Contrasting dark soot stained walls and rosy sandstone.
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Alternate Cat. #: Kua-0132
Rights: © Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Kua-0133
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Description: In the northern end of the cliff dwelling the rare balcony remnants on this building have provided the Balcony House with its name.
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Alternate Cat. #: Kua-0133
Rights: © Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Kua-0134
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Description: A rare surviving roofing structure of thin logs and branches covered by adobe. These materials deteriorated much more quickly than stone walls and are therefore rarely seen today.
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Alternate Cat. #: Kua-0134
Rights: © Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Kua-0135
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Description: Close view of a doorway with shaped sandstone and mud mortar construction typical of Mesa Verde masonry.
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Alternate Cat. #: Kua-0135
Rights: © Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Kua-0136
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Description: Close view of masonry textures: stones that have been shaped by pecking the surface with a harder hammerstone, and tiny stone chips, or 'chinking', fitted into the mortar.
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Alternate Cat. #: Kua-0136
Rights: © Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Kua-0137
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Description: Unusual double opening: window above door built of the rosy sandstone.
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Alternate Cat. #: Kua-0137
Rights: © Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Kua-0138
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Description: Tiny window between the eastern and northern portions of the cliff house with close detail of colors and textures of stone and mortar.
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Alternate Cat. #: Kua-0138
Rights: © Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft