ANT 2235. Chaco Canyon Crossword

1. Modern culture that includes groups like the Hopi, Acoma, and more, who claim descent from the builder of Chaco Canyon
3. Raw material used in Chacoan masonry, obtained from the mesa tops above the canyon
4. Round ceremonial structures, some of which were dismantled at Chaco Canyon, but are still in existence in living Pueblo communities
7. [Fill in the blank.] Anna Sofaer’s __________ Project aims to map and identify astronomical alignments in the ruins of Chaco Canyon
8. Name of ruin where the routes that feed into the Great North Road converge (two words, no spaces)
10. The doorways of kivas and one of the largest roads leaving downtown Chaco all faced this cardinal direction
12. Climatic phenomenon that some archaeologists think led to famine and eventual migration away from Chaco Canyon
13. Like light, something that was critically missing from most of the rooms in Chacoan great houses, and prevented fires from being lit there

1. Largest great house at Chaco Canyon, covering 3 acres (two words, no spaces)
2. Topographic landmark where petroglyphs like the Sun Dagger have been identified above Chaco Canyon (two words, no spaces)
5. Petroglyph that records the maximum and minimum moonrises over an 18.5 year cycle
6. Geographic region that interacted in some way with Chacoans, as evidenced by existence of parrots and plumed serpent imagery at the site
8. Artifacts recovered from the mesa above Chaco Canyon and the end of one of its major roads, where they were broken as offerings
9. Time of day on the equinoxes when the walls of Pueblo Bonito exhibit astronomical alignments
11. Number of great house buildings in central or downtown Chaco Canyon
14. Type of photographic imagery used to detect (or not) traces of organic material and household refuse around Chacoan great houses
15. Blue-green raw material used in inlaid art that may have been the focus of Chacoan trade