Narrator (voice)
Robert Redford
Narrator (voice)
The Mystery of Chaco Canyon
“Unveils the Astronomical Brilliance of an Ancient Culture in the American Southwest”
8.0
1999
57m
DocumentaryHistory
Director: Anna Sofaer
Overview
Chaco Canyon, located in northwest New Mexico, is perhaps the only site in the world constructed in an elaborate pattern that mirrors the yearly cycle of the sun and the 19-year cycle of the moon. How did an ancient civilization, with no known written language, arrange its buildings into a virtual celestial calendar, spanning an area roughly the size of Ireland?
Cast
Self - Council Member, Laguna Pueblo
Paul Pino
Self - Council Member, Laguna Pueblo
Self - Archaeologist
John Stein
Self - Archaeologist
Self - Archaeologist
Mike Marshall
Self - Archaeologist
Self - Geologist
Rich Friedman
Self - Geologist
Self - Archaeoastronomer
Anna Sofaer
Self - Archaeoastronomer
Self - Geodesist, Hopi Tribe
Phil Tuwaletstiwa
Self - Geodesist, Hopi Tribe
Self - Archaeologist, Zuni
Edmund J. Ladd
Self - Archaeologist, Zuni
Self - Ethnohistorian, Santa Clara Pueblo
Dave Warren
Self - Ethnohistorian, Santa Clara Pueblo
Self - Historian, Acoma Pueblo
Petuuche Gilbert
Self - Historian, Acoma Pueblo
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