Chaco Canyon

Pueblo Bonito

Interior of Room at Marker 18
Media Date
20 March, 2013
Source
Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History & Archaeology, Columbia University, produced with support from the Riggio Foundation
Photographer
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.

Record ID
1213_southwest2013_chacocanyon_vr_055