Chaco Canyon Doorway – Pueblo Bonito – New Mexico
This is a view of one of the many doorways in the multi-storied portion of Pueblo Bonito, one of many building complexes that can be found at Chaco Canyon National Park. Chaco Canyon is a showcase of the monumental architectural achievements of the Anasazi Indians, one of several tribal groups that make up the Ancestral Puebloans, a group that inhabited the American Southwest from approximately 7500 B.C. through 1400 A.D. Their descendants the Hopi and Zuni, among others, now live primarily in Arizona and New Mexico.
More about Chaco Canyon
Suggested Reading:
Archeoastronomy of the Chacoan Pueblo (PDF)
House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest – Craig Childs
The Lost World of the Old Ones: Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest – David Roberts
Non-Technical Canyon Hiking Guide to the Colorado Plateau – Mike Kelsey
Grand Gulch, Cedar Mesa Plateau Maps – National Geographic Trails Illustrated Maps