CHACO CANYON GUIDE ANCIENT CHACO CANYON SITUATED THE NORTHWEST CORNER SEVENTY MILES ACCESSIBLE WASHBOARD DIRT ROADS REMOTE THE CANYON ITSELF BEDS CENTURIES MILLIONS REVEAL THEMSELVES LAYERS ROCK EMBEDDED PATTERNS LIGHT CHANGE THE DAY WATCH QUICKTIME ELEVATION HIGH IN THE SUMMER COLD HARSH EVIDENCE HUMAN PRESENCE AREA 2900 BC FARMERS SETTLED THE PEOPLE BUILDING CONSTRUCTING MASSIVE STONE BUILDINGS STRUCTURES FIVE STORIES UP TO SEVEN HUNDRED ROOMS DOZENS CONNECTED LINES SIGHT RAPID HOUSES FEATS CELESTIAL SYSTEMS COMMUNITIES NETWORK BUILDINGS SOPHISTICATED ORGANIZED CONSTRUCTION THREE HUNDRED CLEAR LEFT DROUGHT POSSIBLE THIS TIME MESA VERDE CHUSKA MOUNTAINS SIZE SPANISH THE SOUTHWEST LIVING PUEBLO NAME NINETEEN GROUPS OF PEOPLE SPEAKING DISTINCT MODERN PUEBLO PEOPLE TRACE ROOTS CONSIDER SACRED PROTECTION LOOTING CHACO CANYON NATIONAL MONUMENT SOON NEARLY ONE HUNDRED THE SITE SURVEYED NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK DESIGNATED UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE SELECT PROTECTED AREAS NATURAL CULTURAL RESOURCES THE COMMON INHERITANCE ALL MANKIND EIGHTY THOUSAND PEOPLE VISIT DRAWN THE REMAINS STATE INTEREST STUDY SUGGESTS EXPERT CYCLIC SEASONAL THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE GREAT OBSERVATIONAL FAMOUS THE SUN PETROGLYPH CRAFTED MARK ASTRONOMERS REASON DARK NIGHT SKY NIGHTTIME SKIES RESPLENDENT STARS FEATURES VISIBLE ELSEWHERE THE ONLY NATIONAL PARK FEATURE VISITORS LOOK THE SAME STAR YEARS AGO RICH INHABITANTS REMAINS THE ANCIENT BUILD ENVIRONMENT FRIGID SUBZERO NINE INCHES RAIN ORCHESTRATED HUNDRED PLANS WRITTEN LANGUAGE SAYS INTERPRETER COMES HERE FEELS SENSE ATTENTION THIS PLACE WANT TO THE QUESTIONS KEEP EXPLORATORIUM