Across
- 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
Down
- 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