Mud plaster and original ceiling to a ground floor room in the SE block of Pueblo Bonito multi-storey Anasazi great house, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico.

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Mud plaster and the original ceiling to a ground floor room in the SE block of Pueblo Bonito multi-storey Anasazi great house, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. The viga (roof beam) and poles have been dated to c AD1079. Pueblo Bonito is the largest and best known of the Great Houses in Chaco Canyon, considered the type site for the Classic Bonito Phase (AD1020-1120) of Chacoan Culture. Ponderosa pine beams brought from distances of up to 30 miles away, supported local cottonwood poles & split juniper which formed a base for the adobe floor of the room above.

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Size: 3620px × 2528px
Location: Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, Farmington, San Juan County, New Mexico, USA
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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