Southwest Chaco Canyon Explorers Team: . . . . Tue, Nov 12, 8:44AM 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
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Southwest Chaco Canyon Explorers Team: . . . . Tue, Nov 12, 8:44AM 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
Southwest Chaco Canyon Explorers Team: . . . . Tue, Nov 12, 8:44AM 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
Southwest Chaco Canyon Explorers Team: . . . . Tue, Nov 12, 8:44AM 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
Southwest Chaco Canyon Explorers Team: . . . . Tue, Nov 12, 8:44AM 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
Southwest Chaco Canyon Explorers Team: . . . . Tue, Nov 12, 8:45AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Challenge #5 Tell us about another clue that points to the real reason Chaco Canyons 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 ?
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Southwest Chaco Canyon Explorers Team: . . . . Tue, Nov 12, 8:45AM 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
Southwest Chaco Canyon Explorers Team: . . . . Tue, Nov 12, 8:45AM 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
Southwest Chaco Canyon Explorers Team: . . . . Tue, Nov 12, 8:45AM 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
Southwest Chaco Canyon Explorers Team: . . . . Tue, Nov 12, 8:45AM 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
Southwest Chaco Canyon Explorers Team: . . . . Tue, Nov 12, 8:46AM 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?
Southwest Chaco Canyon Explorers Team: . . . . Tue, Nov 12, 8:46AM PST (-0800 GMT)
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