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ID: 7017645
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7017645
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Chaco Canyon (deserted settlement)  Chaco Canyon (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 36 03 36 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 36.0600  decimal degrees
Long: 107 58 12 W  degrees minutes   Long: -107.9700  decimal degrees

Note: Ceremonial center for the Anasazi people located in a broad canyon. The site probably supported 10,000 people between the 10th and 12th century. The noted Pueblo Bonito had 5 stories and 650 rooms. Their solar calendar and observatory was on nearby butte.

Names:
Chaco Canyon (preferred,C,V)
Chaco Culture National Historical Park (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of New Mexico (state)  ............  New Mexico (state) (P)
Hierarchy of San Juan (county)  ................  San Juan (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Chaco Canyon (deserted settlement)  ....................  Chaco Canyon (deserted settlement) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of New Mexico (state)  ............  New Mexico (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Chaco Canyon (valley)  ................  Chaco Canyon (valley) (P)
Hierarchy of Chaco Canyon (deserted settlement)  ....................  Chaco Canyon (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  flourished 10th-12th cen. CE, probably declined in 13th cen. due to prolonged drought & inhabitants were dispersed
historical park (C)
archaeological site (C)
World Heritage Site (C)
inhabited place (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Chaco Canyon..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 168
.......................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
Chaco Culture National Historical Park..........  [VP]
.................................................................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 168
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 168
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Canby, Historic Places (1984)

 

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