QuestionsGreat houses of Chaco CanyonWas the Fajada Butte spiral made and used as a solar calendar?Answer
Answer · Great houses of Chaco Canyon
The site was a sun shrine where the solstices and equinoxes were watched and honoured, not a calendar for…
The site was a sun shrine where the solstices and equinoxes were watched and honoured, not a calendar for setting dates.
Where it stands
Most likelyIts tests partly supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- Offerings or shrine features at the site; descendant practice links such markers with shrines, not with setting dates.
What would rule it out
- Evidence that Chacoan ceremonial dates were set from the marker.
Evidence 2 for · none 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 site was a sun shrine where the solstices and equinoxes were watched and honoured, not a calendar for… [Answer ANS0D9KVK0E0E6Z]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D9KVK0E0E6Z
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