RSSAmerica’s Architectural Heritage: Chaco Canyon, New Mexico – Part 1
May 20
American Southwest, North America, South America No Comments
Was Chaco Canyon culturally related to the Pacific Coast of South America?
In the April 1, 2010 article on the Early Farmers of the Southwest, it was pointed out that until 800 AD the architecture of the indigenous peoples of the American Southwest was quite primitive. Most structures were simple; one room homes built from adobe walls and sapling shed roofs. After 700 AD some Southwestern communities built up to fiver residential units together on isolated farmsteads.