A Trip to Chaco Canyon

A Walk Through Pueblo del Arroyo

Looking south upon entering.

[Chaco Canyon - Pueblo del Arroyo - Entering]

South wall looking north.

[Chaco Canyon - Pueblo del Arroyo - Looking north]

Looking west down south wall.

[Chaco Canyon - Pueblo del Arroyo - Looking west]

Standing at SE corner looking north.

[Chaco Canyon - Pueblo del Arroyo - SE corner]

[Chaco Canyon - Pueblo del Arroyo - wall]

[Canyon Canyon - Pueblo del Arroyo - wall]

These charming ladies standing in a doorway are about 5' 3".

[Chaco Canyon - Pueblo del Arroyo - doorway]

Stone masonry detail

[Chaco Canyon - Pueblo del Arroyo - masonry]

[Chaco Canyon - Pueblo del Arroyo - wall]

KIVAS

[Chaco Canyon - Pueblo del Arroyo - kivas]

KIVAS

[Chaco Canyon - Pueblo del Arroyo - kivas]

Metates: Corn was the staple - so when the Hisatsinom
weren't stacking rocks they were pounding on them.

Before
[Chaco Canyon - Pueblo del Arroyo - Metate before] 		After
[Chaco Canyon - Pueblo del Arroyo - Metate after]

Back wall at Chetro Ketl. Over 200 feet high.
[Chaco Canyon Chetro Ketl]

Petroglyphs

[Chaco Canyon petroglyphs] [Chaco Canyon petroglyphs]

And that was my day trip.

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