The Mystery of Chaco Canyon [videorecording] / Anna Sofaer

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Anna Sofaer

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Summary language: English Publication details: United States Bullfrog Films The Solstice Project 1999Description: 1 videodisc (ca. x min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 inOther title:

The Mystery of Chaco Canyon, Mystery of Chaco Canyon, Chaco Canyon

Uniform titles:

The Mystery of Chaco Canyon

LOC classification:

PN1997 .M988 1999

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-C: DVD Cabinet C	PN1997 .M988 1999	Available		003518

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.

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