The Mystery of Chaco Canyon

Unveils the Astronomical Brilliance of an Ancient Culture in the American Southwest

APPROPIATE

1999 / 57min.

Rating8

Genres

Documentary

History

Synopsis

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?

Directors

Actors

Robert Redford

Paul Pino

John Stein

Mike Marshall

Rich Friedman

Anna Sofaer

Phil Tuwaletstiwa

Edmund J. Ladd

Dave Warren

Petuuche Gilbert

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