Chaco Canyon
CountryUSA
Date850 AD
Notable Feature5 stories
RegionNew Mexico
About Chaco Canyon
The center of the Ancestral Puebloan world. Great houses had 800 rooms. Road network extends 400 km. The Sun Dagger marks solstices precisely. May have been a ceremonial rather than residential center.
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