# Apart from the solstice markings, the claimed alignments are no more frequent than chance.

> Still possible: Apart from the solstice markings, the claimed alignments are no more frequent than chance.

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Answer · Great houses of Chaco Canyon

# Apart from the solstice markings, the claimed alignments are no more frequent than chance.

Apart from the solstice markings, the claimed alignments are no more frequent than chance.

**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

- Counts of alignments fall within the range expected from random orientations.

## What would rule it out

- A null-model test showing a significant excess of alignments to specific sky events.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[McCluskey noted that the five noontime shadow events at other Fajada Butte sites are about what chance…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KV5AY7K1N/mccluskey-noted-that-the-five-noontime-shadow-events-at)

Suggestive

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## The questions it answers

[Do the buildings and markers at Chaco encode astronomy?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/questions/QST0D9KTT3J4BBQ/do-the-buildings-and-markers-at-chaco-encode-astronomy)

Most likelyThe Sun Dagger marks the solstices, equinoxes and lunar standstills, and great houses and shrines are aligned…

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Apart from the solstice markings, the claimed alignments are no more frequent than chance. [Answer ANS0D9KV5347V07]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D9KV5347V07
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