Chaco Culture National Historical Park
| Chaco Culture National Historical Park | |
|---|---|
| 300px Great kiva of Chetro Ketl | |
| Location | San Juan County and McKinley County, New Mexico, US |
| Area | 33,977.8 acres (137.50 km2) |
| Architectural style(s) | Ancient Puebloan |
| Visitation | 39,175 (in 2011) |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
| Official name: Chaco Culture | |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iii |
| Designated | 1987 (11th session) |
| Reference No. | 353 |
| State Party | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
| Region | Europe and North America |
| Type | historic district |
| Designated | October 15, 1966 |
| Reference No. | 66000895[1] |
Former U.S. National Monument | |
| Designated | March 11, 1907 |
| Delisted | December 19, 1980 |
| Designated by | President Theodore Roosevelt |
| Designated | December 19, 1980 |
Invalid designation | |
| Designated | May 21, 1971 |
| Reference No. | 57 |
Chaco Culture National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park. It is in New Mexico. This was a cultural center for the Ancestral Puebloan people. The site was active between 850 and 1250 CE. It is an important cultural site from a Pre-Columbian society. The sites were important for ceremonies. At the time, the sites included some of the largest buildings in America. Many of the buildings are connected to astronomy. Puebloan people most likely left the sites because of climate change. Today the Pueblo and Hopi people consider the site sacred.[2][3] The park is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[4]
Chaco Culture National Historical Park Media
Summer thunderstorms over Fajada Butte and the Fajada Gap, near the southwestern rim of Chaco Canyon
- Chaco Canyon Fajada Butte in snow NPS.jpg
Fajada Butte: Chaco averages three or four snowstorms a winter.
- Ancient-Regions.svg
Anasazi sites in the Southwest
Prehistoric roads and great houses in the San Juan Basin, superimposed on a map showing modern roads and settlements
A ceramic bowl excavated from Pueblo Alto, dating from AD 1030 to 1200
Major Chacoan sites within park margins
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NPS site maps of the major ruins of Chaco Canyon
Pueblo Bonito, largest of the great houses, abuts the foot of Chaco Canyon's northern rim.
Aerial view of Pueblo Bonito
References
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ Strutin, M. (1994), Chaco: A Cultural Legacy, Southwest Parks and Monuments Association (published June 1994), ISBN 978-1877856457,
photography by George H. H. Huey.
- ↑ Fagan, B. M. (2005), Chaco Canyon: Archaeologists Explore the Lives of an Ancient Society, Oxford University Press (published May 1, 2005), ISBN 978-0195170436
- ↑ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Chaco Culture". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2022-07-30.