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Title
Cliffside Montezuma Castle
Artist
Sharon Williams Eng
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Photograph - Photography
Description
According to Wikipedia, Montezuma Castle is situated about 90 feet up a sheer limestone cliff, facing the adjacent Beaver Creek, which drains into the Verde River just north of Camp Verde. It is one of the best-preserved cliff dwellings in North America, in part because of its ideal placement in a natural alcove that protects it from exposure to the elements. The precariousness of the dwelling's location and its immense scale of floor space across five stories suggest that the Sinagua were daring builders and skilled engineers. Access into the structure was most likely permitted by a series of portable ladders, which made it difficult for enemy tribes to penetrate the natural defense of the vertical barrier.
The dwellings and the surrounding area were declared a U.S. National Monument on December 8, 1906.
When European-Americans first observed the ruins in the 1860s, by then long-abandoned, they named them for the famous Aztec emperor Montezuma in the mistaken belief that he had been connected to their construction. The dwellings were built and used by the Sinagua people.
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ABC Group W is for Wall 2/2/22
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December 18th, 2021
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Viewed 68 Times - Last Visitor from Ottawa, ON - Canada on 04/26/2024 at 6:36 PM
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Congratulations! Your lovely art has been featured on the ABC Group home page from the W IS For WALL week, January 17, 2022 - JANUARY 24, 2022. You are invited to add your wonderful art in the Features Archive Discussion in the ABC GROUP as a way to preserve your feature!
Sharon Williams Eng replied:
Thank you, Pam, for including my image in the ABC Group W is for Wall features.
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