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Archaeologists' bid to find meaning of Sun Temple in Mesa Verde NP runs up against Tribal Protocols

Writer's picture: Dave Harmon, PW editorDave Harmon, PW editor

On the winter solstice in 1997, Greg Munson stood beside an unusual basin pecked into the stone along the exit trail to Cliff Palace, grandest of the cliff dwellings in southwestern Colorado’s Mesa Verde National Park.


As the sun set on the shortest day of the year, Munson, a former Mesa Verde park ranger and researcher, watched as the sun appeared to plunge into Sun Temple, an enigmatic structure perched on a promontory atop Chapin Mesa across the canyon from his vantage point.


https://coloradosun.com/2021/12/19/sun-temple-mesa-verde-observatory-solstice/

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