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« on: May 24, 2010, 11:09:33 pm »
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While in Southern Utah I found this old cliff dwelling grainery off the side of the road.  I have inserted and colored in an arrow to try and make it a little more visible from the distance that I was at, I just wanted to share it with whoever appreciates this kind of stuff......take care everyone

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« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2010, 12:11:31 am »
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Man, how'd you like to have to climb up there with your daughter on a regular basis?

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« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2010, 05:44:31 am »
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Hello toleary34

Once again thanks for sharing your photos, I cannot get enough this. Grin

They remind me of Inca graineries when I was in Peru.

I wonder why they kept their grain on cliffs?

Hardluck.  Huh?

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« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2010, 10:59:42 am »
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BA......I have no idea as to how these people managed to live in such harsh conditions in the first place, and then to have to traverse terrain like this just to go home at the same time, I think it is a good measure of their perseverance and stamina to survive.

     Hey Hardluck.....I don't know everything about these folks and their life styles, but I was commenting to someone else that maybe they put the grainery up there just because they themselves lived in adobe mud huts on cliffs similar to this, or the possibility of protecting the grain against flash floods at ground level, as well as heat from sunlight, or birds and other critters that might try and take it.

     Without knowing too much about these folks I would guess that it was because they lived up on the cliffs as well, and just a better way to protect the grain all around.  one thing I have noticed, and it might just be a stupid observation, but a lot of the cliff dwellings that I have found and seen are all on the South facing aspect of the cliff.  AS a wildland firefighter we know that the South side of any hill, will be the one in most contact with the rays of the sun, and produce dryer fuels with lower ignition temperatures.  So I think that when these Indians built their cliff dwellings on the South aspect of the cliffs, that they were doing it on purpose, to use the sun to their advantage for light and warmth....just an observation, doesn't mean I'm right by any means.  Thank you everyone for your post, I love hearing from you! ! !

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« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2010, 11:35:17 am »
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Anyone interested in the Anasazi will probably enjoy the following books written by Stephen H. Lekson:

A History of the Ancient Southwest  (2009)

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The Chaco Meridian: Centers of Political Power in the Ancient Southwest
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At the time that Steve Lekson first put forth the theories in The Chaco Meridian, they were nearly as controversial as the theory of warm-blooded dinosaurs was when Bakker first promulgated that theory.   And like Bakker's theory, Steve's theories on the Anasazi have gained wide acceptance over the last couple of decades.

(I guarantee you'll find Chaco canyon an enjoyable read despite it's being a "scholarly" work)

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   outstanding BA...thank you very much, I've written them down, and will look them up..thanks a lot

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« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2010, 05:21:15 am »
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Hello Toleary34

Wow!  Shocked

I did not realize how high up that cliff dwelling granary really was.

I cannot imagine what life would of been like living up there?

Hardluck  Huh?


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« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2010, 02:28:30 pm »
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     hardluck, thanks for the interest and for the picture of the cliff dwelling.  I am trying to plan a trip that is nothing but indian ruins and petroglyphs that go through a couple of different states around Utah.  Where was that one at?

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