the mystery of chaco canyon transcript

Landscape, directions, sun and moon, and movement of shadow and light were used by the Chacoan builders to unite with a cosmic order. Kram said the next step is to do more experimental work - this time, on location at Chaco Canyon, where they can demonstrate the tumpline method works as they trace the ancient hauling routes of the ancestral Puebloans. of Anthropology, Sarah Lawrence College'It does an outstanding job of weaving Pueblo traditions of migration and human agency into scientific accounts of the past at Chaco Canyon, affording both forms of knowledge the respect they deservehelps place Pueblo people in their contemporary context, as well as explain the pastI highly recommend it.' That way the inconceivable course of events became tangible by establishing and constructing spheres of spatiotemporal order. She chanced to record petroglyphs on Fajada Butte at what is now called the Sun Dagger or Three Slab site, now perhaps the most famous site in Chaco Canyon, located at a southeastern facing cliff near the top of Fajada Butte. The consistency of cosmological and solstitial references among Late Bonito Phase Great Houses at Chaco indicates that the Late Bonito Chacoan elites power may have rested in part on esoteric astronomical knowledge, and an elevated cultural status for solar events. Refereed proceedings of The Oxford VI International Conference on Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy and Culture and SEAC in 1999, Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the American Southwest, The Architecture of Chaco Canyon, edited by Stephen Lekson, Kim Malville, J. 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It is the summation of 20 years of research. The duo wanted to find out if such a journey would be possible. This document is subject to copyright. The astronomical evidence presented supports the idea that people with at least three distinct cosmological intents collaborated at Chaco; it also supports Van Dykes hypothesis that Late Bonito phase construction at Chaco represented an attempt by a weakened ritual elite to reinvigorate their legitimacy and power. They recall the brilliant knowledge of the ancestors that gave them control over natural forces, but suggest also the corrupting effect of such power. Read About our Chaco Tours in 360 West Magazine Article, The Dallas News, Adventure Pro Magazine and Cowboys & Indians. Instead, they were hoping to solve an archaeological mystery that has perplexed researchers for decades: How did ancient peoples transport more than 200,000 heavy construction timbers over 60 miles to a famous site in the Southwest called Chaco Canyon? The Mystery Of Chaco Canyon reveals that, instead, Chaco was a complex ceremonial center with extraordinary astronomical alignments of buildings and roads. An enduring mystery from the great houses of Chaco Canyon is the origin of more than 240,000 construction timbers. It should be mentioned that archaeological work at Chaco Canyon had a significant contribution to the film. 1.The purpose of the construction of the Fajada Butte calendar. Dibble, Matt (screenwriter). An examination of the prehistoric remains found in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, which functioned as a complex ceremonial center, harmonized by extraordinary astronomical alignments of buildings and roads, and elegant light and shadow markings. They used a log that weighed 132 pound. The mountains are the most sacred places for the descendant Din and Pueblo peoples. To construct their multi-storied buildings, the Chaco people transported by foot more than 200,000 timbers to the canyon and most of their food and ceramics from more productive lands 55 to 70 miles away. The Mystery of CHACO CANYON - YouTube The biggest mystery in North America is Chaco Canyon . These straps, which sherpas, or native mountain peoples of Nepal, still widely use today, loop over the top of the head. I am grateful to Anna Sofaer for involving me in her decades-long passion to explain this extraordinary and magical place.Robert Redford, The videobecomes part of the ongoing dialogue between archeologists, anthropologists, and native peoples(Its) a multi-level phenomenon, like Chaco, which embraces complexity, beauty and mystery.Rina Swentzell, Architect, Santa Clara Pueblo, A captivating look at one of the most impressive archaeological sites in North AmericaAnna Sofaer reveals the solar and lunar complexity of Chacoan buildings with impressive visual economy and clarity. James Herriots adventures as a veterinarian in 1930s Yorkshire get a new TV adaptation. The astonishing discovery of an ancient celestial calendar in Chaco Canyon,, Tells the story of three indigenous communities and the land they struggle, An in-depth portrait of Edward S. Curtis, the preeminent photographer, 2023 Docuseek, LLCAll rights reserved | Privacy Statement | Accessibility Statement, astronomy, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico,; cosmology, Pueblo Bonito,; Robert Redford, architecture, solstice, sun, moon, petroglyphs, native americans, sun dagger, lunar cycle, equinox, celestial calendar, archaeology, Anasazi, Hopi, archaeology, art history, architecture,"The Mystery of Chaco Canyon",Bullfrog Films,doc; history; science; religion. The duo and their colleagues described their experiment Feb. 22 in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. He and Wilson weren't trying to start a new exercise fad. The team's findings show that the key to this testament to human labor may have been simple devices called tumplines. I have found that a majority of the studied Chacoan structures to conform to one or more of four architectural traditions that have astronomical associations. The Mystery Of Chaco Canyon examines the deep enigmas presented by the massive prehistoric remains found in Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico, revealing that between 850 and 1150 AD, the Chacoan people designed and constructed massive ceremonial buildings oriented in a complex celestial pattern throughout this vast desert region. A majority of the Great Houses built before A.D. 1000 are front-facing to the SSE. During the same period, the first cardinal NS and EW architectural alignments were also completed. Sorry, preview is currently unavailable. I felt that in opening the sealed rooms, the purpose of the rooms and their having been sealed being unknown to the archaeologists, something that had been meant to be kept there was being released. This film describes and demonstrates the intricate and precise astronomical alignments among the many buildings spread over a wide desert area. The Mystery of Chaco Canyon: Unveiling the Ancient Astronomy Since its release in 2000, our award-winning film, The Mystery of Chaco Canyon, has aired more than 10,000 times on 95% of PBS stations across the country. Lekson suggests that much of what we believe about the ancient Southwest should be radically revised. Newresearch helps explain why. Dec 3, 2018. Chaco is central to the origins of several Navajo clans and ceremonies. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. It was just debilitating, Kram said. Thousands of people, the ancestors of today's Din, or Navajo, and Pueblo peoples, may have lived there from around A.D. 850 to 1200. Jennifer Ouellette To construct these great houses, archaeologists have estimated that the Chacoans would have needed wood from some 200,000 trees, and those 16-foot-long wooden beams must have been transported from mountain ranges as far as 70 miles (110 km) away. Significantly, recently a large effigy of Quetzalcoatl which was removed from the site prior to the Field Museum's 1961 excavation has been recovered, and the embellishment of the shrine itself as an equinox marker has been noted. I've heard people say, 'That's our church. Use this form if you have come across a typo, inaccuracy or would like to send an edit request for the content on this page. So how did the ancestral Puebloans manage it? of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History. There is one account of the timbers for Pueblo Bonita being hauled on little wagons made of a small tree, with a cross-section at either end serving as a rudimentary wheel. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 1/1/20) and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement (updated 1/1/20) and Ars Technica Addendum (effective 8/21/2018). CU Boulder researchers have found that airborne coronavirus remains infectious for twice as long in drier airin part because saliva serves as a protective barrier around the virus, especially at low humidity levels. 167-175. Millions of years of history reveal . The solitary tree was once thought to represent the living "center of the world" for the people of Pueblo Bonito, the largest of Chaco Canyon's "great houses," which was occupied between A.D. 850 . Kram decided to take proving his theory a stepor haulfurther, though. Most large complexes had four or five stories and averaged over 200 rooms, with the largest boasting as many as 700 rooms. People relied on an ordered and organized spatiotemporal natural world domesticated in culture, into which human life could be embedded and from which life received a deeper spirit and purpose. After three months of training with tumplines for six or seven days a week, Kram and Wilson were ready to try a real log. In a 2022 study, they and their colleagues estimated that a pine log measuring about 16 feet longprobably weighed closer to 85 kilograms(a little over 185 pounds). 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? video produced and directed by Anna Sofaer. Krams experiment isnt definitive proof that ancestral Puebloans used to haul their loads, but Kram says his research suggests that that's likely what happened. NASA began researching Chaco Canyon in the 1970s, when the organization discovered some 300 kilometers of sophisticated roadways and underground kivas through multispectral scanning technology. Located 72 miles south of Farmington, Chaco Canyon contains the largest collection of ruins in Northwestern New Mexico. The most uncomfortable part, Wilson noted, was the strap of the tumpline rubbing into his head. Medical research advances and health news, The latest engineering, electronics and technology advances, The most comprehensive sci-tech news coverage on the web. Rodger Kram, associate professor emeritus of integrative physiology, and James Wilson, then an undergraduate studying biochemistry, spent the summer of 2020 training for an impressive test of endurance: Together, they carried a ponderosa pine log weighing more than 130 pounds for 15 miles up and down a forest road in Boulder County, Coloradoand they did it using only their heads in a technique inspired, in part, by sherpas in Nepal. It fits with all the evidence: they used tumplines, they made the roads very wide, Kram said. The team's findings open up a new understanding of the day-to-day lives of the people who shaped the Southwest more than a thousand years ago, said study co-author Robert Weiner. Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder may have solved a 1,000-year-old supply chain mystery: How did ancient ancestral Puebloans transport heavy building materials to Chaco Canyon, one of the Southwests most important archaeological sites? The Mystery of Chaco Canyon Unveiling the Ancient Astronomy Educational documentaries Follow Browse more videos Playing next 55:42 The Mystery of Chaco Canyon Unveiling the Ancient Astronomy Educational documentaries 0:32 Sacred Tattoos of Thailand: Unveiling the Magic, Power and Mystery of Thailand's Ancient Tattoos Aerial and time lapse footage, computer modeling, and interviews with scholars show how the Chacoan culture designed, oriented and located its major buildings in relationship to the sun and moon. It is the summation of 20 years of research. James A. Wilson et al, Were timbers transported to Chaco using tumplines? As a person who studies biomechanics and physiology of the human body, I was like, that's crazy, Kram said. Written on the Landscape: Mysteries Beyond Chaco Canyon. In the process, we get a whole new picture of the intelligence at work behind Chacoan society and its architectureThe Mystery of Chaco Canyon interweaves a narrative that is both attentive to indigenous thought and values, and robustly grounded in the rigors of scientific method. 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The film argues that the massive multistory buildings and roads the Chacoans constructed in a forbidding stretch of what is now New Mexico were designed to form a vast, stunningly precise map of the yearly cycle of the sun and the 19-year cycle of the moon.' The Solstice Project and Anna Sofaer give us a new view of Chaco Canyon and ancient North America correcting long-standing prejudices: the colonial insistence of savages on a continent that was, in fact, teeming with cities and civilizations Sometimes it takes a jolt or shock to open our eyes to reality, and the Solstice Project has been high amperage. Stephen Lekson, Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado Boulder, editor of "The Architecture of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico", "I am grateful to Anna Sofaer for involving me in her decades-long passion to explain this extraordinary and magical place." You can unsubscribe at any time and we'll never share your details to third parties. They built Great Houses, which were as much as four stories tall and contained hundreds of rooms. But how this society got its construction supplies has been a long-standing mystery. This region was historically occupied by Ancestral Puebloan people (better known as Anasazi) and is now part of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park. I don't know how they could have possibly done that.. It proved worthwhile, though, because their efforts helped prove that the multiple-tumpline method was viable. A single case is identified that may incorporate three of the traditions. James Wilson and Rodger Kram carry a log with tumplines with the Boulder Foothills in the background. Surprisingly, these buildings that required such large investment of labor and planning reveal little evidence of residential use. By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Privacy Policy 1999. They estimated that a 16-foot-long pine log weighed closer to 85 kilograms, or just over 185 pounds. The canyon itself has been carved from ancient sea beds by centuries of erosion. "Some people baked sourdough bread during COVID, Instead, we carried sand and heavy logs around using our heads," said Kram, who is a passionate runner in his free time. June 12, 2022 . Kram got interested in Chaco Canyon several years ago. Colorado Sun. The teams findings suggest that the key to this testament to human labor may have been simple devices called tumplines. The film has also streamed at 130 colleges and universities where 5,000 viewings have taken place in classrooms, student centers, dorm rooms and apartments for a total time viewed of 1,800 hours. Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In a new study, several researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder reenacted a small part of a trek that people in the Southwest United States may have made more than 1,000 years ago. In a 2022 study, they and their colleagues estimated that a pine log measuring about 16 feet long probably weighed closer to 85 kilograms (a little over 185 pounds). Concepts of housing the world are implemented in the architecture of lodgings, cultic buildings, settlements, territories, and the artificial shaping of the landscape. THE MYSTERY OF CHACO CANYON examines the deep enigmas presented by the massive prehistoric remains found in Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico. They describe the deliberate action of their ancestors to seal off the buildings and these aspects of their past. Director Anna Sofaer Writers Matt Dibble Anna Sofaer Stars Paul Pino Robert Redford (voice) Anna Sofaer See production, box office & company info Watch on Prime Video included with Prime More watch options Add to Watchlist There are no preserved timber scrape marks near the site, and the people of Chaco Canyon didn't have draft animals or even wheels, according to Kram and his co-authors. Chaco Canyon, a major centre of ancestral Pueblo culture between 850 and 1250, was a focus for ceremonials, trade and political activity for the prehistoric Four Corners area. "The mountains are the most sacred places for the descendant Din and Pueblo peoples. It is located in the region known as the Four Corners, where the states of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico meet. Thousands of people, the ancestors of today's Din, or Navajo, and Pueblo peoples, may have lived there from around A.D. 850 to 1200. Pueblo Indians, descendants of the Chacoan people, regard Chaco as a place where their ancestors lived in a sacred past. "The mountains are the most sacred places for the descendant Din and Pueblo peoples. DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.103876, Provided by This documentary examines the ancient ruins of Chaco Canyon, built between 850 and 1150 A.D. in northwest New Mexico. 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"As these guys showed, you don't have to be super trained to carry a log," he said. That's where we go to heal, to pray,'" said Weiner, who will receive his doctorate in anthropology from CU Boulder later this spring. Dr. Gerald S. Hawkins, Commissioner, History of Astronomy, International Astronomical Union'A captivating look at one of the most impressive archaeological sites in North AmericaAnna Sofaer reveals the solar and lunar complexity of Chacoan buildings with impressive visual economy and clarity. Weiner said the teams results show that supplying Chaco Canyon with goods may not have been as back-breaking an undertaking as archaeologists once assumed. To test that hypothesis, co-authors Rodger Kram and James Wilson spent the summer of 2020 training until they could haul a heavy log some 15 miles using tumplines. Kram got interested in Chaco Canyon several years ago. Please select the most appropriate category to facilitate processing of your request. I also felt that the place had been meant only for a certain time and a specific purpose, which thought was echoed at the end of the film. Chaco Canyon is a shallow, ten-mile canyon situated in the northwest corner of New Mexico. Tells that between 850 and 1150 AD, the Chacoan people constructed massive ceremonial buildings in a complex celestial pattern throughout a vast desert region, and uses aerial and time lapse footage and computer modeling to show how the Chacoan culture designed, oriented and located these buildings . Summaries America's Stonehenge? WIRED Media Group In dialogue and narrative, one deeply feels that Chaco is haunted, magical. That's where we go to heal, to pray,'" said Weiner, who will receive his doctorate in anthropology from CU Boulder later this spring. THE MYSTERY OF CHACO CANYON examines the deep enigmas presented by the massive prehistoric remains found in Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico. He and Wilson decided to read everything they could about the properties of dried wood. The irritation paid off. The Wall Street Journal'A beautiful piece. That astonishment was Krams entry point into the mystery. For more information, contact Bullfrog Films, Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 1-800-543-FROG (3764); info@. The duo wanted to find out if such a journey would be possible. "I had Dr. Kram and James initially focus on walking greater and greater distances with what felt like light tumpline training loads," said Carzoli, who earned his doctorate in integrative physiology from CU Boulder in 2022. Explore how the Chacoan people expressed a complex solar and lunar cosmology in their archMoreMore, 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. Instead, we carried sand and heavy logs around using our heads, said Kram, who is a passionate runner in his free time. It appears that they served instead as centers of great spiritual power. Gazing at the horizon: heavenly phenomena and cultural preferences within northwest Scotland? Little Theater, New Mexico School for the Deaf / 1060 . The Mystery of Chaco Canyon examines the deep enigmas presented by the massive prehistoric remains found in Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico. Ad Choices. They attempted their final test on a forest road leading to Gross Reservoir southwest of Boulder, carrying the timber using tumplines on either end. They help porters to support weight using the bones of their neck and spine rather than their muscles. To browse Academia.edu and the wider internet faster and more securely, please take a few seconds toupgrade your browser. Academia.edu no longer supports Internet Explorer. The film reveals that between 850 and 1150 AD, the Chacoan people designed and constructed massive ceremonial buildings in a complex celestial pattern . New aerial cinematography and lidar--an aerial laser-scanning technology--are revealing a vast network of linear . It beckons night sky tourists with its spectacular treasures. Hundreds of mysterious, ancient structures haunt this canyon and the entire region, meticulously aligned along the paths of the Sun, Moon, and constellation Orion. The Mystery of Chaco Canyon and The Sun Dagger are available for HOME use and for EDUCATIONAL use. That's five miles round trip.. Directors I multiplied by 16 feet and realized, That cant add up to 275 kilograms.. Krams big insight was that multiple tumplines could have been attached, side by side, to a single log, allowing several people to share the load. James Wilson, left, and Rodger Kram, right, carry a ponderosa pine log weighing more than 130 pounds in Chautauqua Park in Boulder, Colorado. We chose a forest road up here in the foothills and outside of Nederland and we walked up and down this darn road. Between approximately 800 A.D. and 1100 A.D., the ancient Chacoans built settlements . This third orientation tradition may represent some form of cultural affiliation with contemporary Rio Grande Valley people based upon comparison to previous orientation studies conducted by Lakatos, or it may perhaps represent an alternative cosmological intent. In the process, we get a whole new picture of the intelligence at work behind Chacoan society and its architectureThe Mystery of Chaco Canyon interweaves a narrative that is both attentive to indigenous thought and values, and robustly grounded in the rigors of scientific method. "Tumplines allow one to carry heavier weights over larger distances without getting fatigued," said Wilson, now a medical student at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. His first move was to revise the inaccurate 600 pound weight estimate by doing his own weight estimations on a log from his wood pile. What Does The Brain Of The Homo Erectus Fossil With The Lowest Cranial Capacity Tell About Evolution? Aerial and time lapse footage, computer modeling, and interviews with scholars show how the Chacoan culture designed, oriented and located its major buildings in relationship to the sun and moon. Dr. R. Gwinn Vivian, Ex-Curator of Archaeology at the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona. W. David Laird, Books of the Southwest'The video, then, is a multi-leveled phenomenon, like Chaco, which embraces complexity, beauty and mystery.' It's likely the best way to do it.. The new Great Houses built during the Late Bonito phase at Chaco after A.D. 1100 are all either involved in inter-site cardinal NS alignments, or positioned at or in proximity to observing locations that can function as solstice calendrical stations. These achievements emerged a thousand years ago in the exceptionally demanding environment of New Mexicos San Juan Basin. The average logs that were carried to build these great houses at Chaco were about 16 feet long, so I multiplied it by 16, he said. Once home to the Ancient Puebloans, Chaco Canyon was a major center of ancestral Puebloan culture between 850 and 1250 A.D. By 1000 A.D., the Chaco culture had firmly established a spiritual, political, and economic center serving the Four Corners area. and Terms of Use. One of the tribes, the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, has increased its efforts to stop the project. The film reveals that between 850 and 1150 AD, the Chacoan people designed and constructed massive ceremonial buildings in a complex . Four ESE facing Great Houses were constructed within and in proximity to Chaco between A.D. 860 and A.D. 1090. Understanding that it was sacred to a People was what mattered. Complete List Of Included Worksheets. For years, archaeologists believed that the 16-foot-long timbers transported long distances to Chaco Canyon weighed about 600 pounds. The Mystery of Chaco Canyon. Cosmographic concepts of the world edifice can be regarded as holistic, multi-layered models of evolving human ecosystems, which, by using symbolic language, helped man making the world homely and transcending the profane. New Mexico PBS has broadcast this full-length documentary more than 90 times. A new study has solved the third mystery - how they carry as many as 200,000 16-foot-long wooden beams to Chaco Canyon from forests over 60 miles away. Adjust the colors to reduce glare and give your eyes a break. There is active debate among archaeologists regarding the relative importance of political, ritual, and economic factors in the Chacoan regional system. Workable solstice horizon calendars are now confirmed at Casa Chiquita, Kin Kletso, Headquarters Site A, Wijiji, Bis saani, and 125 m from Roberts Small Pueblo at 29SJ 2538/2539. In a 2022 study, they and their colleagues estimated that a pine log measuring about 16 feet long probably weighed closer to 85 kilograms (a little over 185 pounds). THE MYSTERY OF CHACO CANYON examines the deep enigmas presented by the massive prehistoric remains found in Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico. But first, we need you to sign in to PBS using one of the services below. When a load is positioned at the top of the head, the spine supports the weight and it doesnt fatigue muscles. Rather it argues that it was a center of astronomy and cosmology and that a primary purpose for the construction of the elaborate Chacoan buildings and certain roads was to express astronomical interests and to be integral parts of a celestial patterning.While the Chacoans left no written text to help us to understand their culture, their thoughts are preserved in the language of their architecture, roads and light markings.

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