The Mystery of Chaco Canyon

The Mystery of Chaco Canyon

The Mystery of Chaco Canyon

1999·0h 57m·Documentary, History

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Overview

Chaco Canyon, located in northwest New Mexico, is perhaps the only site in the world constructed in an elaborate pattern that mirrors the yearly cycle of the sun and the 19-year cycle of the moon. How did an ancient civilization, with no known written language, arrange its buildings into a virtual celestial calendar, spanning an area roughly the size of Ireland?

Cast

Robert RedfordNarrator (voice)
Paul PinoSelf - Council Member, Laguna Pueblo
John SteinSelf - Archaeologist
Mike MarshallSelf - Archaeologist
Rich FriedmanSelf - Geologist
Anna SofaerSelf - Archaeoastronomer
Phil TuwaletstiwaSelf - Geodesist, Hopi Tribe
Edmund J. LaddSelf - Archaeologist, Zuni
Dave WarrenSelf - Ethnohistorian, Santa Clara Pueblo
Petuuche GilbertSelf - Historian, Acoma Pueblo

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