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Sky City, Acoma Pueblo

Massive boulders and vertical cliff walls helped protect ancient Sky City from Spanish destruction. The price in daily life activities was high: every building stone, ladder or fire log, and gallon of water people used had to be carried by hand up to the mesa top.

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Massive boulders and vertical cliff walls helped protect ancient Sky City from Spanish destruction. The price in daily life activities was high: every building stone, ladder or fire log, and gallon of water people used had to be carried by hand up to the mesa top.