“Mesa Verde National Park was established in 1906 to preserve the archeological heritage of the Ancestral Pueblo people, both atop the mesas, and in the cliff dwellings below. The park includes over 4,500 archeological sites with only six hundred of them being villages built into the rock face.” The speaker flashed a quick smile at Ritch and Will before returning her attention to the individuals surrounding her.
“Around 550, before Europeans explored North America, some of the people living