Indigenous knowledge helps untangle mystery of Mesa Verde

[rangerrebew]

Indigenous knowledge helps untangle mystery of Mesa Verde
Pueblo people and archaeologists work to understand the science of human migrations
Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017 4:00 AM Updated 1 hour 44 minutes ago

 

Yonder our ancestors live,

Yonder we take our being.

Yet now we come southwards

For cloud flowers blossom here

Here the lightning flashes,

Rain water here is falling!

–Tewa song

https://the-journal.com/articles/68709-indigenous-knowledge-helps-untangle-mystery-of-mesa-verde

[goatprairie]

Indigenous knowledge helps untangle mystery of Mesa Verde
Pueblo people and archaeologists work to understand the science of human migrations
Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017 4:00 AM Updated 1 hour 44 minutes ago

 

Yonder our ancestors live,

Yonder we take our being.

Yet now we come southwards

For cloud flowers blossom here

Here the lightning flashes,

Rain water here is falling!

–Tewa song

https://the-journal.com/articles/68709-indigenous-knowledge-helps-untangle-mystery-of-mesa-verde

Been to Mesa Verde twice with the wife. Hard to imagine anybody living there, but they did.  Very desolate region  like many areas of the American southwest. 

[KingsX]

The Navajo called the ancient people who lived there "Anasazi" which means "enemy ancestors."
They built awesome cliff cave cities... but no one knows for sure what really happened to them. 
Maybe Europeans now living in North America will suffer a similar fate.

My parents took me there on vacation decades ago. At that time we were able to walk around
inside the cave city.  Are tourists allowed to do that today ??

[goatprairie]

The Navajo called the ancient people who lived there "Anasazi" which means "enemy ancestors."
They built awesome cliff cave cities... but no one knows for sure what really happened to them. 
Maybe Europeans now living in North America will suffer a similar fate.

My parents took me there on vacation decades ago. At that time we were able to walk around
inside the cave city.  Are tourists allowed to do that today ??

Yes, you can walk around the dwellings and other areas where they lived.