View of large kiva at Pueblo Bonito, the largest Anasazi structure in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Kivas were circular, subterranean rooms used for ceremonial and communal purposes. Pueblo Bonito once stood five stories high and had as many as 800 rooms, possibly housing as many people. Once considered something of a prehistoric apartment building, anthropologists now think it may have served as a ritual center. Pueblo Bonito was constructed in the mid-800s A.D. and was abandoned, along with other buildings in Chaco Canyon, about 1200, possibly in response to depletion of resources, drought, religious revolt, warfare or a combination of these factors. | |
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Crédit : | Science Photo Library / Matulavich, Peter |
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Durée : | 18 Secondes |
Aspect ratio : | 16/9 |
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