Mesa Verde National Park- Balcony House, United States of America
| General Attributes |
DOI| 10.26301/az9d-mx47 | |
| Project Name | Mesa Verde National Park- Balcony House |
| Country | United States of America |
| Status | Published |
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| Spatial Data | Download (Links to all available data types will be emailed) |
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| LiDAR - Terrestrial | 22.38 GB | Z+F 5010C , Canon EOS 6D , Nikon D810 , Canon EOS 5D SR | Phase Based Laser Scanner , DSLR , DSLR , DSLR |
| Background |
| Site Description | Mesa Verde National Park's archaeological sites spans over 700 years of Native American history from 600 - 1300 CE. The renowned cliff dwellings, the height of the Puebloans' architecture, include more than 600 alcove sites. Balcony House overlooks Soda Canyon, about 700 feet above the narrow and rugged canyon. The canyon provided a number of important resources used in the everyday lives of the Ancestral Puebloan people. The site contains numerous buildings comprised of 40 rooms, and gets its name from its well preserved balcony. Balconies were common in the cliff dwellings, although only a few have survived to this day. There were not only access points into the second story of the buildings but also spaces used for work or drying food. A common feature in ancestral pueblo sites are kivas, also found at the Balcony house. These were circular subterranean structures that were used for both religious rituals and political meetings. While larger kivas were likely the social center for the whole community, smaller ones were the ritual and social center for specific families. |
| Project Description | CyArk documented Balcony House at Mesa Verde National Park over two days in February 2017 using LiDAR and terrestrial photogrammetry. The two technologies were combined to generate a textured 3D model of the site which was then sliced to generate drawings. CyArk was able to document the site in a short amount of time and undertook this expedition as research and development to understand the resolution possible given a limited amount of time. A final report as well as all of the architectural drawings were provided to the park at the completion of the project. |
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | Mesa Verde National Park |
| External Project Link | View exhibit |
| Additional Information | Learn more |
| Video Preview | Video Link |
| Collection Date | 2017-02-22 to 2017-02-25 |
| Publication Date | 2018-04-16 |
| License Type | CC BY-NC-SA |
| Model Information |
| Reuse Score | B - High-Quality Model without Georeferencing |
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