General view over ruins of Pueblo del Arroyo beside Chaco Wash, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, looking S to South Gap with South Mesa (L) & West Mesa (R).

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General view over the ruins of Pueblo del Arroyo beside Chaco Wash, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, looking S to South Gap with South Mesa to the L & West Mesa to the R. A D-shaped, multi-storey Anasazi great house built in stages AD1095-1110. When completed there were over 20 kivas and around 280 rooms stepping up from a single storey at the front to three and four storeys at the rear. Floodwater in Chaco Wash (marked by trees) has formed a steep-sided gulley known as an arroyo.

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Size: 3555px × 2482px
Location: Pueblo del Arroyo, Chaco Canyon, Farmington, San Juan County, New Mexico, USA
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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