Chaco Canyon — Kin Bineola West Outlier
Chacoan (950–1140 CE)·Ancestral Puebloan Chacoan·🇺🇸 New Mexico, McKinley/Chaco, Chaco Canyon western outlier, Kin Bineola, United States
About
About Chaco Canyon — Kin Bineola West Outlier
Kin Bineola excavated by Vivian 1960s, Chaco road to south Bonito via South Gap. Recorded context — Period: Chacoan (950–1140 CE); Culture: Ancestral Puebloan Chacoan; Field status: partially excavated; Materials: sandstone, adobe mortar; Condition: ruins — BLM.
Why it mattersKey Ancestral Puebloan Chacoan ancient-village with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Astronomical alignment
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1100 CE great house
- Period
- Chacoan (950–1140 CE)
- Culture
- Ancestral Puebloan Chacoan
- Purpose
- Chaco outlier great house (150 rooms, 34 kivas) linked by 1 km prehistoric road to Pueblo Bonito — Chaco network westernmost
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1923
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
1920 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Chaco Canyon — Kin Bineola West Outlier
c. 1100 CE great house
Initial construction / first occupation at Chaco Canyon — Kin Bineola West Outlier
On the ground
Structures & features
36.0150° N · 108.1450° W · 1920 m · 4 mapped features
- Chaco Canyon — Kin Bineola West Outlier — Principal Structurestructurestructure at Chaco Canyon — Kin Bineola West Outlier — outlier feature36.0161° N · 108.1448° W
- Chaco Canyon — Kin Bineola West Outlier — Northern Complexcomplexcomplex at Chaco Canyon — Kin Bineola West Outlier — primary structure36.0132° N · 108.1445° W
- Chaco Canyon — Kin Bineola West Outlier — Southern Rock Artrock artrock art at Chaco Canyon — Kin Bineola West Outlier — primary structure36.0159° N · 108.1431° W
- Chaco Canyon — Kin Bineola West Outlier — Structure Annex 4structurestructure at Chaco Canyon — Kin Bineola West Outlier — outlier feature36.0162° N · 108.1450° W
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