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Things To Do: Pueblo Bonito - Chaco Canyon
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    • Pueblo Bonito is a massive semi-circular "great house" that was used from 850 A.D. to around 1150. It encompasses many ceremonial kivas as interconnected cells.

    OPEN: Memorial Day-Labor Day, daily 8-6
    Labor Day-Memorial Day, daily 8-5

    ADMISSION: $8 per vehicle

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    Phone: (505) 786-7014
    Directions: 144mi. west of Abiquiu via NM 96 to NM 44/US 550 to (unpaved) NM 57 south; 90mi. south of Farmington via NM 44/US 550 to NM 57 south; 78mi. north of Grants via I-40 west to (unpaved) NM 57 north
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    Things To Do: Chaco Canyon
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    • Chaco Canyon National Monument - Inside Pueblo Bonito (Astrid Nathan 6/1/93)
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    • Constructed over three acres of land around 850 A.D., Pueblo Bonito had five stories, 800 rooms and 40 kivas housing 1,200 Anasazi - ancestors of today's Pueblo Indians.

    The Chacoans were highly-skilled masons, building their cities of sandstone blocks mortared with mud, without metals tools or formal mathematical knowledge.

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    Things To Do: Chaco Canyon (Pueblo Bonito)
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    • The builders of Pueblo Bonito knew when they started that they were going to build four or five stories but the walls weren't erected in a single operation. As the height for each story was reached, beams were built into the wall, and the ceiling covered to provide a platform from which to work while raising the walls another stage.

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    Things To Do: Corner Window at Pueblo Bonito
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    • On the morning of the winter solstice in December, the rays of the rising sun shine through this window and strike the opposite corner of the room behind it.

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    Things To Do: Campground at Chaco Canyon
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    • Chaco Canyon National Monument - Wall at Chetro Ketl (Mark Jochim 6/1/93)
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    • The primitive campgound at Chaco Canyon National Historic Park is operated by the National Park Service. There are 47 sites and vehicles up to 30 feet long can park here. The limited facilities include flush toilets, fire grates, and picnic tables.

    The camping fee is $10 and visits are limited to seven days.

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    Phone: (505) 786-7014
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