CHACO CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK - Uncovering the MYSTERY | Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
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Published 2022-08-11
Chaco Culture National Historical Park, located in northwest New Mexico, may be remote and involve an adventure down a long dirt road, but it is simply one of the finest examples of Puebloan architecture that one can find. Numerous great houses remain in fantastic condition where one can experience something not often offered - a chance to walk inside the rooms!
Visitors can find plenty of hiking trails, between, around, and over the great houses to give dazzling views.
The Puebloans who resided at Chaco Canyon spent generations building and adding on to the complexes. Musch of this construction occurred between 850 and 1250 AD. While much of the use case for these great houses are not fully understood, it was believed they were for ceremonies, trade, and other activities for cultures in the general Four Corners area.
Visitors would be astonished to learn about the culture's knowledge of time, space, and how it allowed them better knowledge of farming and agriculture in the area. Walls aligned to true north as well as east and west following the rising and setting sun. These people were truly masters of this area.
VIDEO FILMED: 07/23/2022
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⚪ CHACO CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK - www.nps.gov/chcu/index.htm
⚪ Directions to CHACO CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK - goo.gl/maps/3F7JkQ5qhYB4ZYSX9?entry=yt
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00:00 The Chacoan Culture
03:12 Una Vida
06:01 Chetro Ketl
16:26 Pueblo Bonito
25:28 Inside Pueblo Bonito
29:27 The Secret of Chaco Canyon's Wood
30:33 Pueblo Bonita from Above
33:44 The Ingenuity of the Chacoan People
39:15 Casa Rinconada
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All Comments (21)
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As a person in a wheelchair, thank you so much for visiting, documenting (with video) AND, most importantly, talking about what you are showing! Your video is great. Thank you so very much.
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I was blown away by the masonry. I'm a retired Mason it is truly amazing. Well worth going there.
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I had a unique spiritual experience a year ago in this amazing place, Ancestors are present 🙏
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Chaco Canyon looks so amazing. I can't even imagine what it was like there when it was in use.
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Cool place. Rough road getting there. My daughter worked there a couple of years ago. She was involved in monitoring the cliffs. Not to prevent them from falling but as a warning so that visitors would not be injured. We were able to visit her for a couple of days.
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Anyone who visits Chaco Canyon without being left in awe has something missing.
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Great to see your Chaco canyon trip. I was born in Farmington NM in 1952. I worked all over that area of NM in the early 70's as a drilling fluids engineer in the oil and natural gas industry. That area of NM is covered in ruins. Really fascinating.
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A sipapu (a Hopi word, Ancestral Puebloans) was a small hole or indentation in the floor of a kiva (pithouse). The sipapu symbolizes the portal through which their ancient ancestors first emerged to enter the present world.
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Loving this Longer format. Gotta say the longer I watch this the more I'm seeing so many comparison's to Göbekli Tepe. We can see that the cliff's have eroded & collapsed I wonder how many caves have never been found yet. The T doorways remind me of the T's at Göbekli Tepe. Thank You So much for everything you do Glenn & great editing as Always Amy .
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I was there day after christmas 2021 there was 3 people there it has been my favorite trip ill never regret or forget
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I heard stories from Navajo elders who shared a dark chilling history about this place. The chills you have come from the horrors that the elders spoke of, and this gives me even more faith that the elders history is that of a trustworthy and compelling case that the walls were built not to keep people out, but to trap people within. Those Kivas are slave pits, where sacrafical victims, prisoners and slaves were detained by the Anazasi.
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Wow absolutely amazing thanks to cactus atlas we get to see and hear about these amazing places love it 🤠😍
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Thank you for the nice look around this beautiful, and momentous place, frozen in time.
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Thank you for making this video! Amazing and beautiful place!
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Amazing! Thank you for sharing.
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Great video, love seeing all these structures! One small correction, the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde, shown at ~15:06, were built AFTER the Chaco Canyon Great Houses had been abandoned, with the Chacoans moving to Mesa Verde after mysteriously abandoning Chaco, rather than the other way around. If you're interested in learning some more about the archaeology (and particularly the archeoastronomy) of this region, I have a video on my channel about the topic (I also talk about the purpose of those corner windows you point out!).
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AWESOME Video!!!! This is by far the best I've seen of this place! Good job!
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That place looks incredible. So beautiful and amazing. Thanks for all the info on Chacó Canyon. Love your videos. Thanks so much for sharing your adventures with us. Stay safe.
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It is my understanding there was more rainful during the time Chaco was at its height -making gainful farming more imaginable. PS- Loved the video - nice work!
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Very interesting tour of Chaco Canyon, I passed up the opportunity to visit it on vacation. Now I wish I had stopped. The history amazes me. Great video, as always Many Thanks.
