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Remnants of an Indian farming community begun 7 or 8 centuries ago.
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It includes cliff ruins
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A reconstructed cliff dwelling
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Circular community village
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Bandelier National Monument
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Pictograph; this painted design was part of a back wall of a second story dwelling
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Bandelier National Monument
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Bandelier National Monument
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Dwellings were built against the soft cliff faces
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Bandelier National Monument
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Sometimes caves in the cliff, like this one up high, were used as dwellings
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We managed to climb the steep ladders to get to the ceremonial cave
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Bandelier National Monument
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Squirrel at Bandelier National Monument
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Looking east from the bridge over the Rio Grande Gorge, US-64, NM
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San Juan Mountains
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Approaching Santa Fe