With 150 rooms, Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde.
The Puebloan people only lived in these cliff dwellings for about 100 years.
The circular tower at Cliff Palace is very well preserved.
These are believed to be corn-grinding stations. Women spent many hours each day grinding corn.
Re-created ladder shows how the dwellings were accessed.
The deep alcoves provided a natural shelter for the communities.
The twilight or photography tours offer visitors great light on the ruins.
One of 21 large kivas at the site.
This shot is looking straight up inside a tower and shows the original painted plaster on the walls.
The original builders incorporated the in-place boulders into their structures.
The way out of the ruin is up stone steps and ladders.