Chaco Canyon, a site that was once central to the lives of precolonial peoples called Anasazi, may not have been able to produce enough food to sustain thousands of residents, according to new ...

Strontium isotopes have been used to identify the sources of timber in buildings around one thousand years old. The method can now help to solve a range of other problems. You have full access to this ...

Analysis of some of the architectural timbers in ancient dwellings of the American Southwest has shown from which distant forests the massive logs came. This information could shed new light on trade ...

Pollen analysis of woodrat (Neotoma) middens indicates that the local vegetation at Chaco Canyon and the regional vegetation of the San Juan Basin, northwestern New Mexico, have been shrub grassland ...

A basic requirement in all human activity concerned with architectural planning and construction is measurement. This paper is addressed to this topic within one specific Pre-Columbian culture—the ...

The San Juan Basin in northwestern New Mexico can be a forbidding place. There are year-round rivers in the north, but in the central area, you don’t want to be on foot with no water and no friends ...

The best tours and places to stay and eat in New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. The Four Corners area of the Southwest is rich in not–to–be–missed ancient Pueblo sites. This itinerary traces the ...

The flood -- Chaco -- Chaco Canyon -- Fajada Butte and Casa Rinconada -- Pueblo Bonito -- The road north -- Pueblo Alto -- The Great North Road -- Kutz Canyon -- The Totah -- Aztec -- Moon watchers -- ...

Chaco Canyon, a site that was once central to the lives of precolonial peoples called Anasazi, may not have been able to produce enough food to sustain its estimated population numbers. Chaco Canyon, ...