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Spruce Tree House, Mesa Verde National Park


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Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado is built around 600 cliff dwellings built by the Pueblo*, who invented new technologies for dry farming on mesa tops. They were inhabited between 550 and 1300. It is unknown, why they were abandoned by the Pueblo.

 

Spruce Tree House is very well preserved. I would recommend to bring some time, the Rangers are very enthusiastic and can share information, which is way beyond a standard tour guide. The kiva (round underground rooms, accessible by a ladder) are sacred also to today's pueblo and should be treated with the same respect as a church, synagogue or mosque.

 

My strong recommendation to everyone having an interest in anthropology.

 

Summilux 50 and Portra 160.

 

Thank you for your interest

 

Stefan

 

 

 

*Also called Anasazi, which I learned is a Navajo term and simply means "the other people". Pueblo, on the other hand, is a (castilian) Spanish word for "town".

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I love the fact that you've done all this work with the Portra. You are documenting these place (my favorite sites!) with freshness and acute awareness, and I am enjoying the trip through your lens.

 

BTW, Anasazi means "the Ancient Ones" referring to the native populations living the Southwest (Four Corners area) prior to 1300 AD.

 

Ece

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Thank you very much, Stuart, Ece, Paul, platypus, George, Karl-Heinz and Tony, your feedback is very much appreciated.

 

Portra, I use for convenience; I enjoy photography more than post-processing and this film minimizes post-processing. In fact, all pictures shown here were developed and scanned at branches of the chemist Walgreens - most of them use Noritsu scanners, which produce very pleasant scans to my taste.

 

The trip was an unique experience. Mesa Verde has this special feeling, coming from the knowledge, that generations of people have lived here and four corners is full of diverse civilizations.

Actually, my suitcase enjoyed the trip even more and is still travelling (nothing really important inside).

 

Stefan

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Stefan,

 

A terrific shot of an amazing place.

Note to myself, have to visit again soon.

I took lots of pictures of that place before I had any Leica gear. :eek:

 

Compared to earlier times, Mesa Verde has been transformed through several huge forest fires during the last quarter century.

So the vegetation has changed a lot, but the majestic ruins are still stunning and could fit easily in a Star Wars movie.

Thanks.

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