Mesa Verde Long Ago
Long ago, families lived in cliff dwellings made of stone.
At home they made pottery, ground corn, and wove cloth.
The people hunted and grew food outside the cliff dwellings.
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Farming at Mesa Verde
Farmers grew squash, beans, and corn on the mesa tops.
They climbed the cliffs to get to their fields.
In the cliff dwellings, people cooked food over fires.
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Ancient Clues
The Ancestral Pueblo people left behind clues.
Roofs made of logs are clues.
Scientists study tree rings in the logs to learn about the weather long ago.
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