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Cliff Face

Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, July 30, 2016

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Cave Rooms

Volcanic tuff is very soft rock, allowing the ancestral people to excavate caves with harder rock tools.

Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, July 30, 2016

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Cave Rooms

Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, July 30, 2016

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Reconstructed House

Larger adobe rooms were constructed against the cliff.

Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, July 30, 2016

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Cave Ladder

Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, July 30, 2016

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Tyuonyi Pueblo

Remants of storeroom and room walls and one excavated kiva.

Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, July 30, 2016

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Cave Kiva Ladder

Largest cavate of the complex.

Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, July 30, 2016

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Gray Golden Aster

Heterotheca canescens - one of a very few plants blooming during the heat of summer.

Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, July 30, 2016

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Long House Dwellings

Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, July 30, 2016

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Petroglyph

Frijoles Canyon, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, July 30, 2016

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