Far View House

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Far View House is a large Ancestral Puebloan great house ruin within Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, notable for its multi-room masonry architecture and role in the region’s prehistoric community life.

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Far View House canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancestral Puebloan great house
archaeological site
ruin
architecturalStyle Ancestral Puebloan masonry architecture
country United States
culture Ancestral Puebloans
discoveredBy Euro-American archaeologists in late 19th or early 20th century
estimatedConstructionCentury 12th century
excavatedBy archaeologists under National Park Service sponsorship
hasFeature kivas
multi-room masonry architecture
multi-story roomblocks
plazas
hasNumberOfRooms more than 30 rooms
hasView overlooks surrounding mesa-top landscape
heritageDesignation part of Mesa Verde National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageStatus protected archaeological resource
locatedIn Colorado
Montezuma County, Colorado
United States
locatedOn Mesa Verde plateau
location Mesa Verde National Park
managedBy National Park Service
materialUsed stone masonry
wooden beams
nameOrigin named for expansive views from the site
near Coyote Village
Far View Reservoir
Far View Tower
Meg Village
Pipe Shrine House
openToPublic true
partOf Far View group
Mesa Verde cultural landscape
cluster of mesa-top Ancestral Puebloan sites
period Pueblo II–Pueblo III period
preservationStatus stabilized ruin
significance important center of prehistoric community life in Mesa Verde region
tourism interpretive trail destination in Mesa Verde National Park
usedFor ceremonial activities
community activities
residential purposes

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Far View Sites Complex contains Far View House
Coyote Village isRelatedTo Far View House
Far View Tower locatedNear Far View House