# Infrastructure of a regional polity that tied outliers to the centre and displayed its power.

> Still possible: Infrastructure of a regional polity that tied outliers to the centre and displayed its power.

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# Infrastructure of a regional polity that tied outliers to the centre and displayed its power.

Infrastructure of a regional polity that tied outliers to the centre and displayed its power.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Roads link outliers built in the same post-1040 burst.
- Roads and line-of-sight shrines form a connected signalling network.

## What would rule it out

- Road construction dates that pre-date or post-date the regional expansion by a long margin.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Kohler and colleagues treat roads and shrines or signalling stations as expected features of a polity of…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KV2WT0STG/kohler-and-colleagues-treat-roads-and-shrines-or-signalling)

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## The questions it answers

[What were the Chacoan roads for?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/questions/QST0D9KTSVR1WA0/what-were-the-chacoan-roads-for)

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

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Infrastructure of a regional polity that tied outliers to the centre and displayed its power. [Answer ANS0D9KV2N05PPS]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D9KV2N05PPS
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