QuestionsGreat houses of Chaco CanyonWas the Fajada Butte spiral made and used as a solar calendar?Answer
Answer · Great houses of Chaco Canyon
The slabs are a natural rockfall and the spirals were carved where its light fell, so the marking is…
The slabs are a natural rockfall and the spirals were carved where its light fell, so the marking is deliberate in the carving but not in the slabs.
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
- The slabs match the cliff they fell from and show no tool marks or packing.
What would rule it out
- Tool marks, shaping or built footings on the slabs.
Evidence 2 for · 1 against
FOR
The questions it answers
Most likelyThe site was a sun shrine where the solstices and equinoxes were watched and honoured, not a calendar for…
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). The slabs are a natural rockfall and the spirals were carved where its light fell, so the marking is… [Answer ANS0D9KVJ1621H0]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D9KVJ1621H0
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