The Mystery of Chaco Canyon

Name: The Mystery of Chaco Canyon
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 1999
Duration: 57 min
Rating: 8.667

1999 · 57 min

Documentary · History

★ 8.7

Prime Video

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?

Crew

Director Anna Sofaer
Writer Anna Sofaer
Writer Matt Dibble

Cast

Robert Redford
Narrator (voice)
P
Paul Pino
Self - Council Member, Laguna Pueblo
J
John Stein
Self - Archaeologist
M
Mike Marshall
Self - Archaeologist
R
Rich Friedman
Self - Geologist
A
Anna Sofaer
Self - Archaeoastronomer
P
Phil Tuwaletstiwa
Self - Geodesist, Hopi Tribe
E
Edmund J. Ladd
Self - Archaeologist, Zuni
D
Dave Warren
Self - Ethnohistorian, Santa Clara Pueblo
P
Petuuche Gilbert
Self - Historian, Acoma Pueblo

Crew

Director — Anna Sofaer
Writer — Anna Sofaer
Writer — Matt Dibble

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Intermission

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