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Hidden in a sandstone alcove, the #CliffDwellings of #MesaVerde still feel unreal.
Kivas, towers, and stone rooms built with serious #AncestralPuebloans skill and patience. #Archaeology #CulturalHeritage
Swipe from wide to detail and tell me what you notice first. #NationalParks #HistoryPhotography #TravelPhotography #Colorado #SouthwestHistory #AncientRuins
Hidden in a sandstone alcove, the #CliffDwellings of #MesaVerde still feel unreal.
Kivas, towers, and stone rooms built with serious #AncestralPuebloans skill and patience. #Archaeology #CulturalHeritage
Swipe from wide to detail and tell me what you notice first. #NationalParks #HistoryPhotography #TravelPhotography #Colorado #SouthwestHistory #AncientRuins
Hidden in a sandstone alcove, the #CliffDwellings of #MesaVerde still feel unreal.
Kivas, towers, and stone rooms built with serious #AncestralPuebloans skill and patience. #Archaeology #CulturalHeritage
Swipe from wide to detail and tell me what you notice first. #NationalParks #HistoryPhotography #TravelPhotography #Colorado #SouthwestHistory #AncientRuins
Culturally and historically, Chaco Canyon is New Mexico’s crown jewel. The emergence of the powerful society in Chaco Canyon represents the culmination of thousands of years of habitation - newmexiconomad.com/chaco-canyon...
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Chaco Canyon National Historic...
Culturally and historically, Chaco Canyon is New Mexico’s crown jewel. The emergence of the powerful society in Chaco Canyon represents the culmination of thousands of years of habitation - newmexiconomad.com/chaco-canyon...
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Chaco Canyon National Historic...
The term "#anasazi " refers to an ancient Native American culture, also known as the #AncestralPuebloans, who lived in the Four Corners region of the United States (present-day Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico). They are known for the
The term "#anasazi " refers to an ancient Native American culture, also known as the #AncestralPuebloans, who lived in the Four Corners region of the United States (present-day Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico). They are known for the
The term "#anasazi " refers to an ancient Native American culture, also known as the #AncestralPuebloans, who lived in the Four Corners region of the United States (present-day Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico). They are known for their distinctive architecture, including cliff dwellings and pueblos, and for their sophisticated agricultural practices. While "Anasazi" is a Navajo word, it's now considered controversial and the preferred term is Ancestral Puebloan.
The #AncestralPuebloans, also known as Ancestral Pueblo peoples or the Basketmaker-Pueblo culture, were an ancient Native American culture of #Pueblo peoples spanning the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, comprising so
#AncestralPuebloans, also known as the Anasazi and by the earlier term the Basketmaker-Pueblo culture, were an ancient Native American culture that spanned the present-day Four
#opcOnThisDay in 2018, Jen and I visited Aztec Ruins in New Mexico, which features an unusual feature: a re-creation of full kiva. ☀️ #NewMexico #NationalPark #archaeology #AncestralPuebloans
Chaco Canyon | The Ancient Ruins of #NewMexico - https://www.roadunraveled.com/blog/chaco-canyon-new-mexico/
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Chaco Afternoon View from Pueblo Bonita Overlook
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Remains of a Chacoan Stairway (right third of photo).
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Great #Kiva at Chetro Ketl
First get a feel for the size (62.5 feet across).
Then study this model of how its domed roof was constructed!
The Wiki entry says they estimate it took 750 trees brought in from a great distance...
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Chaco Wash and Sunset as I Ended My Visit to #ChacoCanyon
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Treading lightly on the cliff-top above Pueblo Bonito as the sun was setting. 🙂
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Cliffs, Rocks and Petroglyphs "Oh My"
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"Pecked Basins" says the convenient Park Service sign.
There were two or three of these pot-sized depressions "pecked" into the sandstone where water would flow over the cliff edge.
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So you say that's a trail do you?!
Getting up and then down the Pueblo Alto trail... plus some nice fossils!
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Here are two versions of the 360 video I took as I traversed "The Crack"...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiIyUMdTdag
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Miscellaneous Ruined Walls and Scenery
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Walls, corners, doors, windows, wooden beams... this photo has them all!
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Sound Reflecting Amphitheater at Chaco!
I'm thinking these extensively worked areas are what the sign is talking about?
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Ruined Walls in Chaco Canyon
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Chaco Canyon Panoramas
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1) Protruding steps on wall. 2) T-shaped doorway(s).
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Flora of Chaco Canyon...
Purple #Asters, Emory's #Globemallow, #Nightshade Family?
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Astronomy at Chaco
I love the Native American interpretation of the Pleiades star cluster. 🙂
And a photo from Wiki Commons of the “starburst” figure that might document the 1054 CE Crab Nebula Supernova. (And perhaps a faded Haley's Comet?)
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Petroglyphs on the trail between Pueblo Bonito and Chetro Ketl from ~1000CE.
And yes some of those pockmarks are bullet holes. 🙁
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Chetro Ketl including a huge Great Kiva!
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More Pueblo Bonito Photos...
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Metate (Grinding Stone)
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Walls!
My recent visit to Pueblo Bonito Chaco Culture Historical Park...
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Chacoan #Stairway was part of a large system of regional roads!
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