# Wikipedia contributors n.d.: Fajada Butte

> Wikipedia contributors, n.d.. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Used for the slab shift and McCluskey's chance argument pending the primary…

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# Fajada Butte

Wikipedia contributors, n.d.. _Wikipedia_.

A reference summary of the Sun Dagger: Sofaer's 1977 discovery, the slabs and spirals, the solstice and equinox markings, the lunar standstill shadows, the 1989 finding that one slab had shifted and the 1990 stabilisation, the closure of the butte in the 1980s, and the criticisms of Zeilik and McCluskey.

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## What it's used for here

Used for the slab shift and McCluskey's chance argument pending the primary papers.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[Apart from the solstice markings, the claimed alignments are no more frequent than chance.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/answers/ANS0D9KV5347V07/apart-from-the-solstice-markings-the-claimed-alignments-are)

Answer

ANS

[McCluskey noted that the five noontime shadow events at other Fajada Butte sites are about what chance…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KV5AY7K1N/mccluskey-noted-that-the-five-noontime-shadow-events-at)

Evidence

EVD

[The noon shadow events at Fajada's two other marking sites are about what chance gives.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/evidence/EVD0D9KVMFA0NEK/the-noon-shadow-events-at-fajadas-two-other-marking-sites)

Evidence

EVD

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

The mystery article

MYS

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