Archaeological Sites
Chaco Canyon
Ancestral Puebloan · 850 to 1150 CE · NW New Mexico
UnsolvedThe prize. Monumental Great Houses; UNESCO
Where. NW New Mexico
Status. Unsolved
Where. NW New Mexico
Status. Unsolved
The account
The center of a vast Puebloan world linked by engineered roads, with great houses aligned to solar and lunar cycles.
Leads, where the trail points now
- Pin down the most specific last-known position in the record before going; the search centers on NW New Mexico.
- What you are chasing is Monumental Great Houses; UNESCO. Work the documented record of Chaco Canyon back to primary sources and separate what is attested from folklore.
- PROTECTED federal land (ARPA/NHPA); many site locations are legally withheld from the public.
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