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  1. 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... #NewMexico #travel #culture #history #AncestralPuebloans #NativeAmerican

    Chaco Canyon National Historic...

  2. #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

  3. 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...

    richard.rathe.org/2023/chaco-c

    #Chaco #ChacoCanyon #NewMexico #AncestralPuebloans #Ruins #Photography

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  4. "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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    richard.rathe.org/2023/chaco-c

    #Chaco #ChacoCanyon #NewMexico #AncestralPuebloans #Photography

  5. 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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    richard.rathe.org/2023/chaco-c

    richard.rathe.org/travel/chaco

    #Chaco #ChacoCanyon #NewMexico #AncestralPuebloans #Ruins #Astronomy #Pleiades

  6. The NPS has stabilized about a dozen rooms in #PuebloBonito that visitors can explore.

    The doors are all five feet or less, so be prepared to stoop!

    This was a great place to take 360 #Panoramas!

    Note that the artifact in the foreground in the first photo is a mortar stone, used to grind grain.

    richard.rathe.org/2023/chaco-c

    richard.rathe.org/travel/chaco

    #Chaco #ChacoCanyon #Chaco2023 #NewMexico #AncestralPuebloans #Petroglyphs #Ruins #NaturePhotography #ThetaS

  7. 360 Videos from my recent visit to Chaco Culture Historical Park...

    youtube.com/watch?v=8lLPvq2Aaj

    youtube.com/watch?v=QiIyUMdTda

    These are two different renderings of the same footage. I was following the Pueblo Alto Trail through a huge crack in the cliff face. It was very windy down in the slot! At the end you can see the Kin Kletso Ruins in the near distance.

    richard.rathe.org/2023/chaco-c

    #Chaco #ChacoCanyon #Chaco2023 #NewMexico #AncestralPuebloans #NaturePhotography #Video #360Video #ThetaS #Camera