New Mexico as a travel destination is famous for many reasons. From an archaeological standpoint, you can't get much more interesting ruins to visit than Chaco Canyon. But, Chaco has dozens of ruins scattered in the canyon and on its rims and nearby, and it would take weeks to explore them all properly. So, given a short holiday, how would you ever pick out the best ones to investigate?
Supernova Rock Art at Penasco Blanco. Photo by Alex Marentes
In Chaco Canyon Must See Sites, Contributing Writer Nicoletta Maestri describes what she believes are sites not to missed among the many ancient adobe abodes in Chaco Canyon.
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- Supernova in Chaco Canyon Rock Art, a poem by Paul Young
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Ive been to Chaco Canyon it is absolutely amazing!
Me too. I’ve been there twice, and it’s always fascinating.
I have been reading the books by the Gears, and the findings of the sophistication of the ancient Native Americans is amazing.
Sarabande’s books are also very enlightening.
I have a whole new appreciation of the work that researchers do.
I have to admit I haven’t read anywhere near enough archaeo-fiction, and there certainly is plenty out there. Tom King reviewed one of the Gears’ novels for us here:
http://archaeology.about.com/od/fictionstoriesandnovels/fr/tk_gears.htm
Kris