View SW from Alto Mesa over Chetro Ketl Pueblo, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, to sandstone cliffs of South Mesa beyond Chaco Wash: plaza, houses & kivas.

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View SW from Alto Mesa over Chetro Ketl Pueblo, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, to the sandstone cliffs of South Mesa beyond Chaco Wash. Shows the plaza, multi-storey houses, tower kiva and great kiva (circular ceremonial room) of a Bonito Phase Anasazi great house. The rear (N) wall is almost 500 feet long and still standing after 900 years or more.

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Size: 3543px × 2489px
Location: Chetro Ketl Pueblo, Chaco Canyon, Farmington, San Juan County, New Mexico, USA
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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