Bandelier’s Living Pueblo History
CLIPPERS AND SAWS PROTRUDE from volunteers’ backpacks as they hike along a trail through the bottom of a cream-colored canyon in Bandelier National Monument. David Hampton holds an ax in one hand, and…
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Tag: Ancestral Puebloans
Walk Chaco’s Ancient Trails
THE TRAIL TO TSIN KLETSIN meanders through sagebrush, sandstone, and desert washes before climbing up to the Ancestral Puebloan great house. The South Mesa structure seems to stand alone, far removed…
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Ancient Astronomy at Chaco Canyon
WHILE THE SKY still just hints at dawn, people line up at the Chaco Culture National Historical Park Visitor Center, waiting for the gates to open on what, for many, will be a once-in-a-lifetime view…
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Ancient Roads of Chaco Canyon
ROADS SPIDERWEB ACROSS the landscape surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park, often constructed in remarkably straight lines that are maintained over cliffs and canyon rims. Unlike “roads”…
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Editor’s Letter: Chaco Time
EARLY IN The Mystery of Chaco Canyon, a petroglyph appears on-screen as narrator Robert Redford discusses the harsh living conditions found in the canyon: “Yet here, ancient people chose to construct…
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A Chaco Canyon Reading List
WHEN EDUCATOR Jon Ghahate (Laguna/Zuni) guides tours through Chaco Culture National Historical Park, he likes to have references on hand, but he also hopes people will explore opportunities to deepen…
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Beyond the Walls at Chaco Canyon
THE SUN IS JUST STARTING to bake through crisp morning air as Jon Ghahate strides to the overlook to Fajada Butte, the pillar of rock near Chaco Culture National Historical Park’s entrance. Light…
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Chocolate Charms
THE SEDUCTIVE AROMA of roasting cacao beans draws me to Chokolá, a jewel of a bean-to-bar chocolate shop just off Taos Plaza. Inside the intimate space, eager chocolate connoisseurs and novices alike…
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Tour Georgia O'Keeffe's New Mexico
“THERE, SEE THOSE FLOWERS,” calls Susan Cross from the front of the small bus. “Those are mariposa lilies. This is a special sight; they don’t bloom every year.” Cross, our guide on the Ghost Ranch…
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Ancient Enigmas
IN THE 17TH CENTURY, the Four Corners region turned cruel. Chaco’s Ancestral Puebloan people had fled three centuries earlier, their elaborate social structure abandoned as the culture’s various…
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