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Set in an isolated high-desert environment accessible only through unpaved roads, Chaco Canyon is the site of Chaco Culture National Historical Park, preserving the most outstanding concentration of ancient pueblos in the American Southwest. Between 850 and 1150, Chaco Canyon was home to a city of complex layout that was a major political, trading and ceremonial hub for the region. The best preserved complex in Chaco Canyon is Pueblo Bonito, a "Great House" four stories tall that incorporated 700 rooms and kivas of large size, built with well-crafted masonery. Chaco Culture National Historical Park, together with some smaller Chaco sites, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Approach to Chaco Canyon. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Rim cliffs and clouds. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Chaco wash in the spring. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Canyon walls with petroglyphs. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Pictographs. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Rock graphics of a man. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Cliff and clouds. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Chetro Ketl and cliffs. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Man overlooking Chetro Ketl. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Ancient pueblo complex layout seen from above. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Tourists inspecting the complex room arrangement of Pueblo Bonito. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Pueblo Bonito, early morning. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Ancient pueblo. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Sky seen from masonery wall windows. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Aligned doorways. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Chaco doorways. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Rooms and kivas, Pueblo Bonito. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Last light on ruined walls, Pueblo Bonito. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Great Kiva and cliff at sunset, Pueblo Bonito. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Star trails over Fajada Butte. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Unpaved road leading to Chaco Canyon. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Sign and road at the entrance. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Wall and Fajada Butte, afternoon. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Fajada Butte, early morning. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Canyon floor, cliffs, and clouds. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Arroyo and cottonwoods. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Visitor center. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Masonery walls, Kin Kletso. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Holes in rock. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Petroglyphs. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Rock art. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Carved rock figures of a man. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Chetro Ketl. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Chetro Ketl and Chaco Canyon. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Chetro Ketl great house. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Ruined pueblo and cottonwoods trees. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Kin Kletso. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Pueblo Del Arroyo and clouds. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Stars over Fajada Butte. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Stars over cliff. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Night landscape with lighted canyon floor. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Pueblo Bonito, cliff, and clouds. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Pueblo Bonito from above. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Rooms, kivas, and plaza from above Pueblo Bonito. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Rooms of Pueblo Bonito seen from above. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Kivas and rooms of Pueblo Bonito seen from above. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Brick walls, Pueblo Bonito. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Ceremonial Kiva in Pueblo Bonito. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Pueblo Bonito, the largest of the Chacoan Great Houses. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Tourists during a tour of Pueblo Bonito. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Ancient Pueblo Bonito ruins. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Many rooms of the Pueblo Bonito complex. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Kiva and multi-storied roomblocks, Pueblo Bonito. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Great house, Pueblo Bonito. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Masonery wall with openings. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Interconnected rooms, Pueblo Bonito. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Chacoan doors. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Ancient masonery walls and doors. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Walls at sunset, Pueblo Bonito. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color) Pueblo Bonito at the foot of Chaco Canyon northern rim. Chaco Culture National Historic Park, New Mexico, USA ( color)
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