We visited Chaco Canyon a few years ago and thought it was beautiful. We went back today and loved it all over again! “Chaco Culture National Historical Park has the densest and most exceptional concentration of pueblos in America. The park is located in northwestern New Mexico, in a remote canyon cut by the Chaco Wash. Containing the most sweeping collection of ancient ruins north of Mexico, the park preserves one of the most important pre-Columbia’s cultural and historical areas in the United States.
Between AD 850 and 1150, Chaco Canyon was a major center of culture for the Ancient Pueblo People’s. Chacoans assembled fifteen major complexes that remained the largest buildings in North America until the 19th century. Many Chacoan buildings may have been aligned to capture the solar and lunar cycles, requiring astronomical observations and centuries of skillfully coordinated construction. Climate change is thought to have led to the emigration of Chacoans and the eventual abandonment of the canyon, beginning with a fifty year drought in 1130. Chaco Canyon pueblo sites are considered sacred ancestral homelands by the Hopi and Pueblo people.” Chaco Canyon was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.
Between AD 850 and 1150, Chaco Canyon was a major center of culture for the Ancient Pueblo People’s. Chacoans assembled fifteen major complexes that remained the largest buildings in North America until the 19th century. Many Chacoan buildings may have been aligned to capture the solar and lunar cycles, requiring astronomical observations and centuries of skillfully coordinated construction. Climate change is thought to have led to the emigration of Chacoans and the eventual abandonment of the canyon, beginning with a fifty year drought in 1130. Chaco Canyon pueblo sites are considered sacred ancestral homelands by the Hopi and Pueblo people.” Chaco Canyon was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.
