South West Dig

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 8, 8:00AM PST (-0800 GMT)
LOCATION ----- Chaco Canyon is a remote sandstone canyon in New Mexico that is home to some of the most amazing ruins in the world – and – has a unique astronomical observatory sitting high up on an isolated butte that helped the Anasazi establish their yearly calendar, chart movements of the night sky and the sun, and coordinate their religions and agricultural activities. Turquoise and shell necklaces, rock art and ancient pottery has been discovered in Chaco Canyon, and there are still more mysteries to be explored … let’s DIG IN !

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 8, 8:00AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Challenge #1 – What is the name of the largest structure in Chaco Canyon ? what shape is it and how many rooms and kivas does it have ? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 8, 8:00AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Challenge #2 – How tall was this building and how did they make the walls that tall? Read their engineering discoveries and tell us what you fin out about their building techniques. Where did they get the wood from that held up the floors in-between levels ? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 8, 8:01AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Challenge #3 – Where did the people who built the stone pueblos and kivas down in Chaco Canyon come from ? Had then always lived there or did they come from some where else ? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 8, 8:02AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Challenge #4 – What do scientists now think the original pueblo buildings were used for ? Was it a year-round City ? Or something else ? What were the kivas used for? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 8, 8:02AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Challenge #5 – Tell us about another clue that points to the real reason Chaco Canyon’s pueblo Bonito was built … what physical evidence has been found to help solve this puzzle and what technology has been used to help scientists find answers ? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 8, 8:02AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Challenge #6 - Another discovery in Chaco Canyon was made up on Fajada Butte. What was found there and who found it ? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 8, 8:02AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Challenge #7 - Fajada Butte seems to have served as a solar and lunar clock, and also most likely as a signal tower. How did the Chacoans communicate rapidly between one another all along the canyon ? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 8, 8:03AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Challenge #8 – Chaco Canyon had visitors from all over the Southwest – and they were part of an inter-tribal trade network that imported and exported goods over a vast distance. Tell us about trade goods that have been found in Chaco Canyon and where the originated from. button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 8, 8:03AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Challenge #9 – What are some uses for GIS and GPS units that scientists are discovering as they explore Chaco Canyon ? button

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 8, 8:03AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Challenge #10 – If YOU were a trader doing business at Chaco Canyon – what of the trade items found there would you have valued as the most precious – and why?

Your Camp Guides: . . . . Tue, Jan 8, 8:04AM PST (-0800 GMT)
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Mrs Mason at Nightingale ms: . . . . Wed, Jan 9, 11:06AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Question 1: Pueblo Bonito covers three acres, has 600 rooms and once rose five stories in height. Inside the D-shaped pueblo were three great kivas,and 30 small kivas.

Joaquin, Johanna, Mayra - Ms. Barela : . . . . Wed, Jan 9, 11:17AM PST (-0800 GMT)
1.One of the largest structure is called Pueblo Bonito.It is shaped like a D and it has 600 rooms and 30 small kivas.It also has three greate kivas.

Joaquin, Johanna, Mayra - Ms. Barela : . . . . Wed, Jan 9, 11:18AM PST (-0800 GMT)
1.One of the largest structure is called Pueblo Bonito.It is shaped like a D and it has 600 rooms and 30 small kivas.It also has three greate kivas.

Yadira G. and Sandra S. Ms. Barela class: . . . . Wed, Jan 9, 11:27AM PST (-0800 GMT)
1. The largest structure is called Pueblo Bonito. There are 600 rooms and 30 small kivas 3 great kivas.It is shape like a D.

Diana,Cristina,Denia,: . . . . Wed, Jan 9, 11:33AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1Pueblo Bonito is the structure in the chaco canyon.It had 600 rooms, three great kivas, and 30 small kivas.

Sandra,Jonathan,Joanna -Ms. Barela 1/9/02: . . . . Wed, Jan 9, 11:33AM PST (-0800 GMT)
# 1. Pueblo Bonito is the largest structure in Chaco canyan. There were 3 great kivas,30 small kivas,and 600 rooms and D-Shape.

Jose Gamboa, Martha Dieguez ..Ms. Marquez @ Nightingale M.S: . . . . Wed, Jan 9, 0:32PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Question #1-This huge D-shaped building stands in Pueblo Bonito and has 600 rooms, 30 small kivas.

Marianita, Kimberlyn, Jennifer Ms Barela @ LAAMS: . . . . Wed, Jan 9, 1:46PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 The largest structure in Chaco Canyon is called Pablo Bonito. Pablo Bonito has 600 rooms. It has 30 small Kivas. Pablo Bonito has the shape of the letter D.

Miguel Irma Elsa Ms.Barela: . . . . Wed, Jan 9, 1:48PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 This huge d-shaped biulding stands in chaco canyon a sand stone lined wash that seems really easy.bonito has 600 foomsand 30 small knivas.

peter,Jonathan,Michelle.Damian ,Ms. Barela @ LAAMS: . . . . Wed, Jan 9, 1:54PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 The name of the largest structure in Chaco Canyon is call Pueblo Bonito. The shape thet it had the letter D it had 600 room and 30 kivas.

John , Brayan, Ms. Barela @ LAAMS: . . . . Wed, Jan 9, 1:55PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 The structure is called Pueblo Bonito and it has 600 rooms. The structure has 30 small kivas and 3 great kivas.

Eric ,Harold,MS.Barela @ LAAMS: . . . . Wed, Jan 9, 1:56PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Question #1 This D shaped is named Pueblo Bonito. There are 600 rooms, 30 small kivas, and 3 great kivas.

Andreina,Elisa,Vicky, Luigi - Ms.Barela @ LAAMS: . . . . Wed, Jan 9, 1:57PM PST (-0800 GMT)
1.The name of the largest structure in Chaco Conyon is called Pueblo Bonito.And the shaped is like a D and it has 600 rooms and it has 30 smallest kivas.

Edgardo,David,Alondra - Ms.Barela: . . . . Wed, Jan 9, 1:57PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 The largest structure is called Pueblo Bonito and it's now protected in the Chaco Culture National Historic Park in New Mexico.It's shape like a D it has 600 rooms and it had three great kivas ,and 30 small kivas.

Stephanie, Gustavo, Araceli, Ms. Barela @ Los Angelea Academie Middle School : . . . . Wed, Jan 9, 1:59PM PST (-0800 GMT)
What is the name of the largest in chaco canyon Is a huge D shape Building stands in Chaco Canyon a sandstone lined wash whith a small creek that seems so dry and remote today.

pedro, mily, miguel,Ms.Barela @ LAA MS: . . . . Wed, Jan 9, 1:59PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 The name structure in pueblo bonit o the name is huge d shape it has 600 rooms and 30 small knivas and 3 great knivas.

Fernando,Juan,Victor,MR.Barela,L.A.A.M.S.: . . . . Wed, Jan 9, 3:51PM PST (-0800 GMT)
# 1 The largest structure is called Pueblo Bonito. The huge d shape building stands in Choco Cayon. It got 600 rooms, 30 small kivas and 3 great kivas.

Mrs. Montoya--Peter Pendleton Elementary School: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 8:17AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Amaris Cano--Question 9: A GPS unit can be used in the Chaco Canyons in an important way. Scientists can make a GIS map that would create a model of the routes between the communities and compare it to see how closely the routes match the actual routes taken by the ancient peoples.

josh/miramonte: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 8:39AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 Pueblo Bonito

josh/miramonte: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 8:42AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2 five stories in height.

josh/miramonte: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 8:46AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3 the sandstone Mesa tops.

josh/miramonte: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 8:48AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#4 For placing ceremonial objects

josh/miramonte: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 9:02AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#5 Is the network of over 400 miles of roads that radiate out with surprising precision from Chaco Canyon to other Anasazi sites.

josh/miramonte: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 9:04AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#6 Fajada Butte is a striking central rock formation located in the middle of Chaco Canyon.

Mrs.Montoya-Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:36AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Adam-Question 1:The name of the largest structure is called Pueblo Bonito and it is a D-shaped structure and has 600 rooms and 33 kivas.

Mrs. Montoya-Peter pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:37AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Elizabeth- Question #6: The discovery was a petroglyph or rock carving and an artist named Ana Sofaer found it.

Mrs. Montoyta--Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:38AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Damaris-Question 1: Pueblo Bonito is the largest structure in Chaco Canyon. The D-shaped building has 600 rooms. It also had three great kivas and 30 small kivas.

Mrs. Montoya--Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:39AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dulce-Question 1: The name of the largest structure in Chaco Canyon is called Pueblo Bonito. The stucture is D-shape and it has 600 rooms. It has 33 kivas!

Mrs. Montoya--Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:39AM PST (-0800 GMT)
James-Queston 2: The Pueblo Bonito was five stories tall and the people who made the structure used lumber in which they got from over sixty miles away.

Mrs. Montoya--Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:40AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Amaris- #1 The name of the largest structure in Chaco Canyon is Pueblo Bonito. This structure is the shape of a capitol "D". It has 600 rooms and 33 kivas.

Mrs.Montoya Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:40AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Iliana #1 The name of the lagest structure in Chaco Canyon is Pueblo Bonito. This structure was in the shape of a capital "D" and had 600 rooms and 33 kivas.

Mrs. Montoya- Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:42AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Gabby-Question 1-- The largest structure in Chaco Canyon is Pueblo Bonito, the shape of Pueblo Bonito is a D and has 600 rooms and 33 kivas.

Mrs. Montoya Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:42AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Antonio#1 The name of the largest structure in Chaco Canyon is Pueblo Bonito. It is shape of a ''D'', has 600 rooms and 33 kivas.

Mrs.Montoya--Peter Pendlenton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:43AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Mercy; Question #6: In 1977 an artist, Ana Sofaer, noticed a petrograph (unusual rock carving) on Fajada Butte.

Mrs. Montoyta--Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:45AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Damaris- Question 2: The building once rose up to 5 stories high. They first made the walls thick from the bottom and from there they started to make the walls more narrow. But in order to get the wood, to hold up the floors in between the levels, the people had to travel 60 miles just to gather the wood. There were no trees in the canyon.

Mrs. Montoya-Peter pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:47AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Elizabeth- Question #2 : The building is 5 stories high; they made the walls out of stone, rubble, and mortar. They got the wood to build the building from over 60 miles away. The engineers understood how to build a 5 story high building.

Mrs. Montoya Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:48AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Antonio#2 What was found in fajada Butte was a pethroglph and an artist named Ana Sofaer found it.

Mrs.Montoya-Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:48AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Adam-Question 3: I think that the Anasazi Basketmakers lived there but they migrated there from other areas.

Mrs. Montoya--Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:51AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Amaris - #4 Scientis now think that the original Pueblo was a place for ceremonies. The kivas were used as ceremony rooms.

Mrs.Montoya Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:52AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Iliana #2 This structure was able to cover 3 acres. It was once 5 stories high. They built the walls out of stone, rubble, and mortar and got the the wood to built it from over 60 miles away.

Mrs.Montoya--Peter Pendlenton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:53AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Mercy; Question #1: The largest structure in Chaco Canyon, Pueblo Bonito, is in the shape of a "D", which has 600 rooms 3 great kivas and 30 small kivas.

Mrs. Montoya--Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:53AM PST (-0800 GMT)
James--Question 6: The other discovery found at Chaco Canyon on Fajada Butte was a solar lunar clock with spirals found by an artist. What the scientists did not see, the artist saw it, was that the sunrays showed a sort of like a light dagger(s) in different places on the spiral on the days of the summer and winter Solstice and on the Equinox. That meant to the people that the seasons were changing and the people would prepare for the change in seasons

Mrs. Montoyta--Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:55AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Damaris- Question 3: The people who built the stone pueblos and kivas down in Chaco Canyon came from the sandstone Mesa tops. Then they moved down into the Canyon and built several villages.

Mrs. Montoya--Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:56AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dulce- Question 2: This building was 5 stories high. The walls were built thick from the bottom and thin all the way up. Maybe the wood came over 60 miles away.

Mrs. Montoya Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:56AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Antonio#4 The kivas were used for ceremonies.

Mrs. Montoya-Peter pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:57AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Elizabeth- Question #1: The name of the largest structure in Chaco Canyon is called Pueblo Bonito. Pueblo Bonito is in a D-shaped structure, has 600 rooms, 3 great kivas, and 30 small kivas.

Mrs. Montoya Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:59AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Antonio#1 The name of the largest structure in Chaco Canyon is Pueblo Bonito. It is shape of a ''D'', has 600 rooms and 33 kivas.

Mrs. Montoya--Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 10:59AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Amaris -#3 The people that built the stone pueblos and kivas down in Chaco Canyon were nomadic hunters and had wandered from somewhere else.

Mrs.Montoya Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 11:00AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Iliana #6 What was found in Fajada Butte was a petroglyph carving and an artist named Ana Sosafaer found that carving there.

Mrs.Montoya-Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 11:02AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Adam-Question 8: They found steatite bowls, shell beads, turquoise, parrot feathers, pottery, copper bells, tropical parrots, and jewelry.

Mrs. Montoya--Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 11:02AM PST (-0800 GMT)
James--Question 7: A network of signal stations on the mesa tops around Chaco Canyon and word from the shaman-priest-astronomers on Fajada Butte would then have spread to all of the kivas throughout the canyon.

Mrs.Montoya--Peter Pendlenton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 11:04AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Mercy; Question #2: Pueblo Bonito was vertically up to five stories in height. The building rose up with tapering walls they grew narrower towards the top, to help lessen the weight of the upper stories on the lower story. One of the Anasazi techniques was to build a building narrowed towards the top, to help lessen the weight of the upper stories on the lower story. They got the wood 60 miles away from were Pueblo Bonito was.

Mrs. Montoya- Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 11:05AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Gabby-2-- Pueblo Bonito is five stories high. The people in Chaco Conyon built the walls so high maken them verticully and b making it narrow and that help it to stall up. By useing this trick it made it a lot easier the built.

Mrs. Montoya--Peter Pendleton: . . . . Thu, Jan 10, 11:08AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dulce-Question 6: They found jewelry in Fagada Butte. They also found copper bells made from old metal from Mexico.

Darleen Flores,Liliana Garcia,Eric Boyle Ms.Marquez Nightigale M.S: . . . . Fri, Jan 11, 0:12PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#6-In 1977 an artist, Ana Sofaer, working with a rock art research group climbed up this butte and noticed an unusual rock carving (a petroglyph).

Darleen Flores,Liliana Garcia,Eric Boyle Ms.Marquez @Nightigale M.S: . . . . Fri, Jan 11, 0:20PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#6-In 1977 an artist, Ana Sofaer, working with a rock art research group climbed up this butte and noticed an unusual rock carving (a petroglyph).

Amanda Rosa,Henry Bui,Ramon Vaenzoela,Evelyn Vazquez-Ms.Marquez Nightingale M.S: . . . . Fri, Jan 11, 0:20PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#9-Using GIS could create models of the paths between the communities that minimized travel time. New technologies are helping us learn more about Chaco Canyon including GPS, GIS, infrared and computer modeling software technologies.

William Luu, Jasmine Lopez, Chritopher Sepulveda, Juan Orozco-Ms. Marquez Nightingale M.S.: . . . . Fri, Jan 11, 0:23PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#4 On one side of the kiva is an even deeper underground chamber, a walkway that connects the main floor of the kiva to a small preparation area outside but adjacent to the circular room. Imbuing the gathering with the power of over 40 different sacred bundles.This handsome kiva, built with layers of natural stone, is 80 feet in diameter with stone benches running around its interior wall.

Eddie Loza,Jacqueline Salomon,Anajely Martinez, Ms.Marquez, Nightingale M.S.: . . . . Fri, Jan 11, 0:27PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3 At first they settled on the sandstone Mesa tops. Then they moved down into the Canyon and built several villages. Their ancestors had been ancient hunters who had roamed through Chaco Canyon 8500 years ago and the Basketmakers, who began to settle and build pit houses arrived 1500 years ago.

Jazmin Hurtado,Jose Gamboa,Jazmine Hernandez,Martin Martinez,Ms.Marquez,Nightingale M.S.: . . . . Fri, Jan 11, 0:27PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#5-There is another very important clue pointing towards Pueblo Bonito not being a city, but serving as a ceremonial center.

Chris Gonzalez Marco Lopez Jessica Nichols Ms. Marquez Nightingale M.S.: . . . . Fri, Jan 11, 0:30PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#7 This solar clock tells us that the Anasazi had a complete understanding of solar time and had the knowledge of an annual calendar that they passed from generation to generation.

Joana Cardenas,Gary Quan,Daniel Ahumada,Martha Dieguez - Ms. Marquez @ Nightingale M.S.: . . . . Fri, Jan 11, 0:33PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#8-They found steatite bowl, shell beads,turquoise,parrotfathers,and cotton at chaco cayon. They came from California,New Mexico,Mojave Village.