# Most construction timber came from the Chuska, Zuni and Mount Taylor ranges, 75 km or more away, with the…

> Most likely: Most construction timber came from the Chuska, Zuni and Mount Taylor ranges, 75 km or more away, with the main source shifting over time.

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# Most construction timber came from the Chuska, Zuni and Mount Taylor ranges, 75 km or more away, with the…

Most construction timber came from the Chuska, Zuni and Mount Taylor ranges, 75 km or more away, with the main source shifting over time.

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## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests supported it: three pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Strontium ratios and ring-width series of beams match the distant ranges, not the local woodland.
- Two independent methods agree on individual timbers.

## What would rule it out

- Beams whose strontium and ring widths match local sources in most great houses.

## Evidence 3 for · none against

[Ring-width matching of 170 timbers puts 70 percent in the Chuska and Zuni ranges, with a shift from the Zunis…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KV6A62N7N/ring-width-matching-of-170-timbers-puts-70-percent-in-the)

Established

FOR

[Spruce and fir beams match the Chuska and San Mateo (Mount Taylor) ranges by strontium, not the San Pedro…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KV62C27YR/spruce-and-fir-beams-match-the-chuska-and-san-mateo-mount)

Established

FOR

[Tree rings and strontium agree on a Chuska origin for the Pueblo Bonito plaza tree.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KV6J06RM2/tree-rings-and-strontium-agree-on-a-chuska-origin-for-the)

Supported

FOR

## The questions it answers

[Where did the great-house timbers come from?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/questions/QST0D9KTTBC2PDT/where-did-the-great-house-timbers-come-from)

Part of [What was Chaco Canyon?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/questions/QST0D9KTSC476X2/what-was-chaco-canyon)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Most construction timber came from the Chuska, Zuni and Mount Taylor ranges, 75 km or more away, with the… [Answer ANS0D9KV5TJ0KRJ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D9KV5TJ0KRJ
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