Chaco Culture National Historical Park

  • Also Known As: Chaco Canyon National Monument

  • Vicinity: Address Restricted
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District

The Center of an Ancient World

Today the massive buildings of the ancestral Pueblo peoples still testify to the organizational and engineering abilities not seen anywhere else in the American Southwest. For a deeper contact with the canyon that was central to thousands of people between 850 and 1250 A.D., come and explore Chaco through guided tours, hiking & biking trails, evening campfire talks, and night sky programs. - NPS


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Particulars for Chaco Culture National Historical Park:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Art
Owner Federal
Area of Significance Historic - aboriginal
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Criteria Information Potential
Historic Use Multiple dwelling
Level of Significance National
Cultural Affiliation Native American
Cultural Affiliation Pueblo
Historic Use Village site



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 15th October 1966

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Registry Address: Address Restricted
Registry Number: 66000895
Resource Type: District
Owner: Federal
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
Area in Acres: 33977
Contributing Sites: 61
Contributing Structures: 233
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historical Park
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Historic - aboriginal, Native American, Art, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering, Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: Pueblo
Period of Significance: 1000-500 AD, 1499-1000 AD
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Village site, Multiple dwelling
Current Function: Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Park

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