
Chaco Canyon, located in northwest New Mexico, is perhaps the only site in the world constructed in an elaborate pattern that mirrors the yearly cycle of the sun and the 19-year cycle of the moon. How did an ancient civilization, with no known written language, arrange its buildings into a virtual celestial calendar, spanning an area roughly the size of Ireland?

Robert Redford
Narrator (voice)

Paul Pino
Self - Council Member, Laguna Pueblo

John Stein
Self - Archaeologist

Mike Marshall
Self - Archaeologist

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January 1, 1999
57m
8.7
Anna Sofaer
Anna Sofaer, Matt Dibble
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Bullfrog Films
US
The Solstice Project
US

Rich Friedman
Self - Geologist

Anna Sofaer
Self - Archaeoastronomer

Phil Tuwaletstiwa
Self - Geodesist, Hopi Tribe

Edmund J. Ladd
Self - Archaeologist, Zuni

Dave Warren
Self - Ethnohistorian, Santa Clara Pueblo

Petuuche Gilbert
Self - Historian, Acoma Pueblo
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