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Cliff dwellings

Scope note

Houses built on ledges in the vertical sides of mesas, as in the American Southwest or similarly inaccessible locations.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30005662

Equivalent Terms used

cliff dwelling

Created

13yrs ago

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