Pueblo Bonito
I almost decided to visit here for Winter Solstice, but the weather didn't look like it would be favorable. There are many interesting solar/astronomical alignments among the buildings throughout the canyon.
What was a day in the life like for the people who live here 1000 years ago? When you visit you can almost hear echos of the activities of men, women, and children.
Pueblo Bonito at Sunset, June 2008, in what is now called Chaco Canyon in present-day northwestern New Mexico.
Still a sacred place for Pueblo and Hopi people of the area and one should enter with respect.
Construction began over 1150 years ago, built over a period of 300 years.
Between 700 and 800 years ago, many of the people left the area.
In 2010, Hadley Rille Books will release the novel Secrets of the Canyon by Ann Walters, as part of the Archaeology Series.
What was a day in the life like for the people who live here 1000 years ago? When you visit you can almost hear echos of the activities of men, women, and children.
Pueblo Bonito at Sunset, June 2008, in what is now called Chaco Canyon in present-day northwestern New Mexico.
Still a sacred place for Pueblo and Hopi people of the area and one should enter with respect.
Construction began over 1150 years ago, built over a period of 300 years.
Between 700 and 800 years ago, many of the people left the area.
In 2010, Hadley Rille Books will release the novel Secrets of the Canyon by Ann Walters, as part of the Archaeology Series.