File:House of Many Windows, Chapin Mesa, Cliff Canyon, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado (4848137225).jpg

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Across Cliff Canyon, perched on a ten foot wide ledge, is the House of Many Windows. Like all cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde, the opening you see are not really windows, but doors that could have been covered with stone slabs or animal hides. From here, you can see four doors remaining in the original eleven rooms. There is also evidence of a kiva on the north end of the ledge among the trees. Above this is a toehold trail that leads to the upper alcove and one or possibly two rooms. The toeholds trail then leads to the mesa top from this upper alcove.

For the people who lived in the House of Many Windows, the closest water source was probably below Sun Temple or from a seep spring on the south side of Sun Point.
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House of Many Windows, Chapin Mesa, Cliff Canyon, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

Author Ken Lund from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Camera location37° 09′ 47.82″ N, 108° 28′ 19.07″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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