Activity for the Mesa Top Loop Drive.
{Gentle Rain} Gentle Rain: My people did not always live in cliff
dwellings at Mesa Verde. For the first 600 years they lived on the mesa
top. As you drive the Mesa Top Loop you will see changes in our housing
styles from pithouse, to pueblo, and finally to cliff dwelling.
_Directions_--Find the answers for your age group in this activity by
driving the Mesa Top Loop and visiting Stops A, B, and C below.
{4-7} PART 1--Connect the Dots:
After driving the Mesa Top Loop, connect the dots to see one of the
Ancestral Puebloan homes.
[Illustration: Puebloan home]
PART 2: Which type of home is it?
[_] Pithouse
[_] Pueblo
[_] Cliff Dwelling
_Go to_ PART 3 _to draw your favorite type of home_. ==>
{8-9} {10-up} PART 1--Scavenger Hunt:
Drive the Mesa Top Loop Road and read the signs at each of the three
stops listed below. Use the signs to find the missing word in each
sentence and fill in the blanks. (_Don't forget to ask your parents for
help if you need it._)
A. Pithouse (A.D. 600)
1. The Ancestral Pueblo people were starting to build
______________________________ homes, and becoming farmers.
B. Pithouses & Early Pueblo Villages (A.D. 700-950)
2. The Ancestral Pueblo people used ______________________________
construction (rough stones loosely cemented with clay) when
they began building above ground villages.
C. Sun Point View (A.D. 1200-1300)
3. The Ancestral Pueblo people built their cliff dwellings inside
cliff ______________________________.
_Next, go to_ PART 2 _at the top of the next page to copy your answers
in the blanks and complete the word search_. ==>
{8-9} {10-up}