Monday, October 30, 2006
Mese Verde, Colorado
Mese Verde - a "green table" covered in Pinyon Pine & Juniper forest - was the home of the Anasazi (ancient Puebloans) from the 6th to the 13th C. They farmed the table tops & initially lived in simple pit houses. However by the end of their time in the area they had progressed to building intricate multi story dwellings on high legdes, under overhangs in the cliff faces of the canyons. It is a truly amazing place. We clambered up & down the steep sides of the canyons by way of paths, steps & ladders to visit some of the ruins. We learned that the ancient Puebloans had a life expectancy of about 30 years. they suffered the agonies of ground-down teeth (grit in their corn) & the consequences of a limited diet (anaemia & osteoporosis) - but, boy, they must have been fit before they died!!
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