Chaco Canyon "Downtown"

Chaco Canyon Wash with Kin Kletso Great House in the foreground below the cliffs; Photo: Samantha Fladd.

Chaco Culture National Park, New Mexico, occupied from 850 C.E. to 1250 C.E., abandoned in c. 1250 C.E. The model is scaled at about six square miles.

Elevation of the canyon floor is c.1883 meters (6180 feet) above sea level.

Materials: mortarless stone walls, wood log roof structure, with mud/clay roof.

Data for this model from:
1. Morgan, William N., 1994. ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE OF THE SOUTHWEST, University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas.
2. Lekson, Stephen H., 1986. GREAT PUEBLO ARCHITECTURE of CHACO CANYON, NEW MEXICO, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico.