The Second World is a painting by Jerry McElroy which was uploaded on May 1st, 2008.
The Second World
The Kiva at Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. To come of age, a child would make the climb through a column of smoke to the... more
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18.000 x 24.000 x 0.750 inches
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Title
The Second World
Artist
Jerry McElroy
Medium
Painting - Oil On Stretched Canvas
Description
The Kiva at Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. To come of age, a child would make the climb through a column of smoke to the second world above and become a man.
Mesa Verde, Spanish for green table, offers a spectacular look into the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home for over 700 years, from A.D. 600 to 1300. Today the park protects nearly 5,000 known archeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings. These sites are some of the most notable and best preserved in the United States.
On June 29, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt established Mesa Verde National Park to "preserve the works of man," the first national park of its kind. Today, the continued preservation of both cultural and natural resources is the focus of the park's research and resource management staff.
Approximately 600 of the over 4700 archeological sites found in Mesa Verde National Park are cliff dwellings. Other sites include mesa top pueblos, farming terraces, towers, reservoirs, and check dams.
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May 1st, 2008
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