# Wikipedia contributors n.d.: Chaco Culture National Historical Park

> Wikipedia contributors, n.d.. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Used for road dimensions and the drought chronology pending the primary sources.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D9KT2DR405C/chaco-culture-national-historical-park  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

---

[Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Great houses of Chaco Canyon](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon)Wikipedia contributors n.d.

**0**

# Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Wikipedia contributors, n.d.. _Wikipedia_.

A reference summary of the park, the great houses, the road systems (the Great North Road running about 56 km past Pueblo Alto; roads up to 97 km long with beds about 9 m wide), the outliers, a canyon carrying capacity of about 2,000 people, and a decline from about 1140 linked to a drought beginning in 1130.

**Great houses of Chaco Canyon** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Used for road dimensions and the drought chronology pending the primary sources.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[A drought of about fifty years began about 1130, and the system began to unravel about 1140.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KV7S27HZ3/a-drought-of-about-fifty-years-began-about-1130-and-the)

Evidence

EVD

[The Great North Road runs straight north for about 56 km, and modern Pueblo people link it with their…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KV2D61P3T/the-great-north-road-runs-straight-north-for-about-56-km-and)

Evidence

EVD

[The canyon was able to sustain only about 2,000 people even in wet periods.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KTZZ22P6J/the-canyon-was-able-to-sustain-only-about-2-000-people-even)

Evidence

EVD

[The roads are about 9 metres wide and ramrod-straight, far more than foot traffic needs.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KV1NR50WF/the-roads-are-about-9-metres-wide-and-ramrod-straight-far)

Evidence

EVD

[A drought of about fifty years begins; the regional system starts to unravel about 1140](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/events/EVT0D9KTMZG5P16/a-drought-of-about-fifty-years-begins-the-regional-system)

EVT

[The great houses of Chaco Canyon](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon)

The mystery article

MYS

[What were the Chacoan roads for?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/questions/QST0D9KTSVR1WA0/what-were-the-chacoan-roads-for)

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
Wikipedia contributors (n.d.). Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaco_Culture_National_Historical_Park
```

[Read it free at en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaco_Culture_National_Historical_Park)

Key

**SRC** 0D9KT2DR405C

Kind

Web page

Rights

CC-BY-SA-4.0

Kept

27 Oct 2026

Checked

Against the published original

Added by

[apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)

The record

Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS.

[CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D9KT2DR405C/chaco-culture-national-historical-park/csl.json)