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.

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. ?