Pueblo Bonito

Interior of Room at Marker 18

Date

1075 - 1115 CE

Geographic Coordinates
36.060339, -107.960778
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.

Style/Period

Image Date
20-Mar-13
Image Source

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

Photographer