THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA | Mesa Verde | PBS
Posted: July 4th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Parks And Campgrounds | Tags: AMERICA'S, BEST, IDEA, Mesa, NATIONAL, Parks And Campgrounds, Verde | 8 Comments »
www.pbs.org Cowboys searching for stray cattle in southwestern Colorado came upon the ruins of an ancient city tucked into the side of a cliff. Ken Burnss newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICAS BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009, at 8 pm ET/PT, reveals how Mesa Verde, the largest concentration of cliff dwellings ever found, was discovered and went from fascinating to controversial. For more information on the film, visit www.pbs.org
im going there this summer
I work there during the summer months…a great place to work.
We will never know how these cliff dwellers lived but because they show a level of understanding of urban planning (yes I said Urban planning) and construction that could only have been achieved by a sophisticated society that had both a scientific and artistic background.
Something we never give credit to the natives in this world.
This story should have been about the cliff themselves not about some white people who came upon the site and started steeling its treasures.
It would have been more interesting and historically more significant to have told the story on how these spaces were constructed and how they show a level of design that given the difficulties that the site gives you and the lack of an infulstructure is just as advanced as what was going on in Europe.
They should turn it into a casino !
very good!
great video
Stunning – this is so impressive – though Ken Burns choice of music has irritated me since the Civil War – those bloody violin tunes were so irritating.