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Ruins of Pueblo Bonito
Ruins of Pueblo Bonito
Written By Mister Gu on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 | 1:34 PM
Pueblo Bonito, the largest and best known Great House in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, northern New Mexico, was built by ancestral Pueblo people called the Anasazi and occupied between AD 828 and 1126. But the civilization that built these houses was not nearly so durable. By 1200 Chaco Canyon’s houses were empty; by 1300 Mesa Verde’s cliff dwellings were, too.Why did the Anasazi