27 US - Mesa Verde National Park (1978)

Brief Description

"A great concentration of ancestral Pueblo Indian dwellings, built from the 6th to the 12th century, can be found on the Mesa Verde plateau in south-west Colorado at an altitude of more than 2,600 m. Some 4,400 sites have been recorded, including villages built on the Mesa top. There are also imposing cliff dwellings, built of stone and comprising more than 100 rooms."

梅萨维德印第安遗址
"在科罗拉多州西南部海拔2600多米的梅萨维德高原上发现了大量建于公元6世纪至12世纪的古代印第安人村落遗址。该遗址共有4400多处房屋，其中包括建在梅萨最高处的村落。当地还有许多壮观的悬崖村落，全都用石头砌成，共有超过100间房屋。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/27