File name: mesaverde_cliff_palace_lrg.jpg Original Resolution: 2816 × 2112 File Size: 1183 KB (MIME Type: image/jpeg) Date Published: October 5, 2021 Download file View image caption The Cliff Palace ruins at Mesa Verde were built in the 1200s by the Ancestral Pueblo people, but were abandoned in the late part of the century. Photo by Ken Lund, used under a Creative Commons license.