Pueblo Bonito
Image View Description:
Interior of Room at Marker 18
Date:
1075 - 1115 CE
Location:
Nageezi (New Mexico)
Location 2:
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Style / Period:
Native Chaco Style
Photographer:
Brittne Rivera
Notes:

The corner door in the southeast-facing corner doorway functioned as an astrological marker. When the sun rises in the morning of the winter solstice, sunlight passes through the opening and strikes the opposite room behind it.

Image Source:

Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University

Record ID:
1213_southwest2013_chacocanyon_vr_055
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