ARCH 226 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Lunar Phase
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Write a 500-1,000 word discussion of your thoughts on: 1. the purpose of the construction of the fajada butte calendar. (300 wds) Theory that chaco was a trade centre that connected roads. To keep track of the lunar and solar equinoxes and solstices. Pics of chaco had roads busy with traders. Deliberately broken pots - offering to send into the underworld bc its not suitable for dark , low oxygen rooms possibly just to hold up walls. Immense buildings not intended for residential use the living. Ceremony only occured at certain times of the year. Observed the moon and included it on the spiral pyroglyth. Butte - an isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides. The film mystery of chaco canyon explores the archaeological fajada butte and sun. Many discoveries about chaco canyon are uncovered in the film, including the fajada butte calendar, the purposeful alignment of the structures at.