🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Fajada Butte
Pueblo II–III Bonito 1000–1150 CE · Ancestral Pueblo (Chacoan)
Chacoan Sun Dagger butte: three slabs create dagger beam on spirals marking solstices and lunar standstill.
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🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Pueblo II–III Bonito 1000–1150 CE · Ancestral Pueblo (Chacoan)
Chacoan Sun Dagger butte: three slabs create dagger beam on spirals marking solstices and lunar standstill.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Chaco Bonito (Late Pueblo II) · Chaco (highland Ancestral Pueblo)
Perched astronomical great-house pueblo (c.1075–1125 CE, Chacoan) on 2,280 m ridge between two 30-m chimney pinnacles — southernmost Chaco outlier controlling Upper San Juan timber/ game highland.