The Mystery of Chaco Canyon
Anna Sofaer
The Mystery of Chaco Canyon [videorecording] / The Mystery of Chaco Canyon, Mystery of Chaco Canyon, Chaco Canyon Anna Sofaer - United States Bullfrog Films The Solstice Project 1999 - 1 videodisc (ca. x min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 in.
Based on "Chaco Canyon"
Ever since she discovered the "Sun Dagger" twenty years ago, Anna Sofaer and a team of researchers have been exploring the enigmas posed by massive prehistoric ruins in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico.
Now a new explanation of the mystery is emerging. For years archaeologists have assumed that Chaco was primarily an ancient trading center. This film shows that it was, instead, a complex ceremonial center, harmonized by extraordinary astronomical alignments of buildings and roads, and elegant light and shadow markings.
Aerial and time lapse footage, computer modeling, and interviews with scholars show how the Chacoan culture orientation and located its major buildings in relation to the sun and moon.
Contemporary Pueblo Indians, descendants of the Chacoans, speak of the spiritual significance of Chaco's mysteries in their world today.
DVD video
Language audio: English
No subtitles
PN1997 / .M988 1999
The Mystery of Chaco Canyon [videorecording] / The Mystery of Chaco Canyon, Mystery of Chaco Canyon, Chaco Canyon Anna Sofaer - United States Bullfrog Films The Solstice Project 1999 - 1 videodisc (ca. x min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 in.
Based on "Chaco Canyon"
Ever since she discovered the "Sun Dagger" twenty years ago, Anna Sofaer and a team of researchers have been exploring the enigmas posed by massive prehistoric ruins in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico.
Now a new explanation of the mystery is emerging. For years archaeologists have assumed that Chaco was primarily an ancient trading center. This film shows that it was, instead, a complex ceremonial center, harmonized by extraordinary astronomical alignments of buildings and roads, and elegant light and shadow markings.
Aerial and time lapse footage, computer modeling, and interviews with scholars show how the Chacoan culture orientation and located its major buildings in relation to the sun and moon.
Contemporary Pueblo Indians, descendants of the Chacoans, speak of the spiritual significance of Chaco's mysteries in their world today.
DVD video
Language audio: English
No subtitles
PN1997 / .M988 1999