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Answer · Great houses of Chaco Canyon

Routes for moving timber, food and goods between the canyon and its source areas.

Routes for moving timber, food and goods between the canyon and its source areas.

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Where it stands

Most likelyIts tests partly supported it: two pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

  • Roads lead toward the timber and food source areas (Chuskas, Zuni Mountains, Mount Taylor).
  • Wear and artefact scatters are heaviest on roads to source areas.

What would rule it out

  • Road networks that do not connect the canyon with any source area of its timber or food.

Evidence 2 for · 1 against

The questions it answers

Most likelyCeremonial roads laid out to directions, sacred places and sky events, expressing a cosmology rather than…

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Routes for moving timber, food and goods between the canyon and its source areas. [Answer ANS0D9KV0YA1YHM]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D9KV0YA1YHM
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