The Mystery of Chaco Canyon
1999Chaco Canyon, located in northwest New Mexico, is perhaps the only site in the world constructed in an elaborate pattern that mirrors the yearly cycle of the sun and the 19-year cycle of the moon. How did an ancient civilization, with no known written language, arrange its buildings into a virtual celestial calendar, spanning an area roughly the size of Ireland?
Acted in
Robert Redford
as Narrator (voice)
Paul Pino
as Self - Council Member, Laguna Pueblo
John Stein
as Self - Archaeologist
Mike Marshall
as Self - Archaeologist
Rich Friedman
as Self - Geologist
Anna Sofaer
as Self - Archaeoastronomer
Phil Tuwaletstiwa
as Self - Geodesist, Hopi Tribe
Edmund J. Ladd
as Self - Archaeologist, Zuni
Dave Warren
as Self - Ethnohistorian, Santa Clara Pueblo
Petuuche Gilbert
as Self - Historian, Acoma Pueblo