Some archeologists have long contended that the ruins of Chaco Canyon are the most significant ancient ruins in North America and even across the world. President Theodore Roosevelt recognized ...

It should be no surprise that Chaco pottery was also unique ... for visitors to explore firsthand the amazing ruins still found in Chaco Canyon.

By contrast, Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico is hard to reach and enigmatic. The remote canyon on the ... persisted ever since the ruins were discovered, probably ...

The ruins of Pueblo Bonito show what's left of Chaco Canyon's crowning architectural achievement. By LYNDA LA ROCCA SPECIAL TO THE CHIEFTAIN ± CHACO CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, N.M. Ñ \"If ...

South of Durango off of U.S. Highway 550 in New Mexico, Chaco Canyon served as a center for ... but can hardly wait to get out and explore the ruins. After battling warm summer winds to put ...

Chaco Canyon, formerly a National Monument (1907) and now Chaco Culture National Historical Park (1980); Aztec Ruins, a National Monument (1923, expanded in 1928, 1930, 1948, 1988); and five Chaco ...

While Chaco Canyon and its ruins, such as Pueblo Bonito, are protected from development, as is a 10-mile buffer around the park, surrounding areas are not. Chaco is the core of a much larger ...

By 1175, the great houses of Chaco Canyon were deserted ... several roads radiate to northern outliers, including Salmon Ruins 50 miles away on the San Juan River and Aztec Ruins on the Animas ...

While Chaco Culture National Historical Park looks mostly like a beautiful, but undeveloped, desert canyon today ... Park lets you explore the preserved ruins of this once-thriving city center ...