Place

Lunar minor standstill orientations (Chetro Ketl, Kin Kletso, Pueblo del Arroyo)

alignment (building orientation)

Alignment (building orientation)0

Note

Through each building's mapped centre at the surveyed azimuth, as long as its principal wall (Table 9.1): Chetro Ketl 69.60° (140 m), Kin Kletso -65.82° (42 m), Pueblo del Arroyo's perpendicular -65.21° (80 m). Sofaer associates them with moonrise or moonset at the minor standstill (±67.1°). Pueblo Pintado and Salmon Ruin, outside the canyon, are in the same group.

Located in 1

Chaco Canyon (Chaco Culture National Historical Park)

Place

PLC

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Lunar minor standstill orientations (Chetro Ketl, Kin Kletso, Pueblo del Arroyo) [Place PLC0D9KTJS61WHP]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0D9KTJS61WHP

@misc{mysteriesdept_plc0d9ktjs61whp,
  title     = {Lunar minor standstill orientations (Chetro Ketl, Kin Kletso, Pueblo del Arroyo)},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Place, catalog key PLC0D9KTJS61WHP},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0D9KTJS61WHP}
}