A Brief History of Chaco Culture National Historical Park
A summary of the history of the Chaco Culture from AD 850 to the present day. Click here to download information.

The Geology Of Chaco Canyon The landscape of Chaco Canyon is hauntingly beautiful. Sunlight and shadows play on towering rock walls where petroglyphs keep secret the history of an ancient people. Click here to download information on the geology of this wonderful place.

Chaco Canyon Place Names
In 1849, the Washington Expedition, a military reconnaissance under the direction of Lt. James Simpson, surveyed Navajo lands and viewed and reported on the ancestral Puebloan and Navajo cultural sites now associated with Chaco Culture NHP. As he described the individual sites for his report, he chose to givethem their proper names. Click here to download information on the place names for these Chacoan sites.

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