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The Mystery of Chaco Canyon

Release Date:January 1, 1999

Running Time:57 min

Genres:History, Documentary

Director

Cast

Robert Redford Paul Pino John Stein Mike Marshall Rich Friedman Anna Sofaer Phil Tuwaletstiwa Edmund J. Ladd Dave Warren Petuuche Gilbert

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

Chaco Canyon, located in northwest New Mexico, is perhaps the only site in the world constructed in an elaborate pattern that mirrors the yearly cycle of the sun and the 19-year cycle of the moon. How did an ancient civilization, with no known written language, arrange its buildings into a virtual celestial calendar, spanning an area roughly the size of Ireland?

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