The ancestral Puebloans that called Chaco Canyon home a millennium ago used more than 200,000 pieces of timber to construct their buildings, with weights estimated between 185 and 605 pounds per log.

Where Did Chaco Canyon’s Timber Come From? In a nearly treeless desert, Ancestral Puebloans built Great Houses with more than 200,000 massive log beams ...

As Republicans attempt to repeal federal land protections surrounding the site and others, New Mexico lawmakers and tribal leaders are calling for their enforcement.

Ancestral Puebloans used this sandstone to create their incredible great houses within Chaco Canyon. The San Juan River, fed by melting snow from the Rockies, cuts through the basin and was ...

Our first steps into the world of the Chaco people with Anna Sofaer, begins here, the largest building in Chaco Canyon, in archeaological terms, a Great House called Pueblo Bonito.

The so-called "great houses" of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico may have taken decades or longer to construct. Most large complexes had four or five stories and averaged over 200 rooms, with the ...

Eclipse-chasers and archaeo-astronomers flocked to Chaco Canyon in New Mexico to see annularity from the home of the ... It hung over the ancient kiva — great houses — of the ancient ...

Chaco Canyon, grand foyer de la culture ancestrale pueblo entre 850 et 1250, était un centre cérémoniel, commerçant et politique de la région préhistorique des Four Corners. Chaco est remarquable par ...