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Colorado Plateau / Chaco Culture National Historical Park / Fajada Butte / Ancient Pueblo Peoples / Pueblo Bonito / Chacra Mesa / Gamma-Aminobutyric acid / Chetro Ketl / Rockfall / New Mexico / Geography of the United States / Chaco Canyon
Date: 2014-02-28 16:34:07
Colorado Plateau
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Fajada Butte
Ancient Pueblo Peoples
Pueblo Bonito
Chacra Mesa
Gamma-Aminobutyric acid
Chetro Ketl
Rockfall
New Mexico
Geography of the United States
Chaco Canyon

Abstract. The midday "sun dagger" solstice and equinox marker on Fajada Butte in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, is formed by three sandstone slabs that collimate sunlight onto two spiral petroglyphs. The slabs appear to be th

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