Chaco Ruins
Between AD 900 and 1150, Chaco Canyon was a major center of culture for the Ancient Pueblo Peoples. Chacoans quarried sandstone blocks and hauled timber from gr...
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Between AD 900 and 1150, Chaco Canyon was a major center of culture for the Ancient Pueblo Peoples. Chacoans quarried sandstone blocks and hauled timber from great distances, assembling fifteen major complexes that remained the largest buildings in North America until the 19th century. Evidence of archaeoastronomy at Chaco has been proposed, with the "Sun Dagger" petroglyph at Fajada Butte a popular example. Many Chacoan buildings may have been aligned to capture the solar and lunar cycles. requiring generations of astronomical observations and centuries of skillfully coordinated construction. Climate change is thought to have led to the emigration of Chacoans and the eventual abandonment of the canyon, beginning with a fifty-year drought commencing in 1130.
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nina050
April 02, 2016
What a magnificent sight this must have been back in that time. I love that you captured so much of this ruin showing all the separate rooms and buildings.
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Bruz
June 29, 2016
On your next photo trip to places like this let me know. Your shots are giving me the bug. hahaha Great shot Mark.
dwatts
June 25, 2017
Chaco has many great photo opps, I recommend it to all photographers interested in ruins! Great angle on this shot!
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