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DISCOVERY OF SUN TEMPLE UNTIL the summer of 1915 no structures had been discovered in the Mesa Verde except those of the cliff-dwelling type. Then the Department of the Interior explored a mound on the top of the mesa opposite Cliff Palace and unearthed Sun Temple. Dr. J. Walter Fewkes who conducted the exploration, believes that this was built about 1300 A. D. and marks the final stage in Mesa Verde development. Sun Temple was a most important discovery. It marked a long ad vance toward civilization. It occupied a commanding position convenient to many large inhabited cliff dwellings. Its masonry showed growth in the art of construction. Its walls were embellished by geometrical figures carved in rock. New types of ruins antedating by centuries those of the Cliff Dwellers have been found more recently. The new park museum contains exhibits of the artifacts of all these cultural types.
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