ALBUQUERQUE – Salty soils and dry conditions throughout northwestern New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon would have made it difficult to grow enough corn to sustain the multitudes of people who resided at the ...

Sep. 15—CHACO CANYON — From 8,500 feet overhead, the half moon shape of an ancient ruin can be seen clearly, packed with neat boxes and perfect circles, the walls left by people who lived in Chaco ...

SEVEN NEWS. NEW MEXICO LEADERS HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE STEPS OF OUR NATION’S CAPITOL, CALLING FOR OIL AND GAS DRILLING TO BE KEPT AWAY FROM THE SACRED SITE, CHACO CANYON. ALIYAH CHAVEZ IS ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Picture an archaeological site, what comes to mind ...

For decades, archaeologists have wondered how exactly ancient inhabitants of the Four Corners region transported over 200,000 heavy timbers around 50 miles to Chaco Canyon — located in present-day ...

Oil industry greed, Trump officials' anti-environmental extremism, and long-ignored Indigenous issues are coming together in one valiant uphill battle. On Wednesday, the House voted to pass the Chaco ...

In November, under a high sky in northwestern New Mexico, U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland stepped proudly to the podium against a backdrop of sandstone bluffs. She was flanked by Pueblo leaders ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona have found a new source for the beams used to build the ancient pueblos of Chaco Canyon, using tree-ring samples that date to the founding of the science of ...

Eclipse-chasers and archaeo-astronomers flocked to Chaco Canyon in New Mexico to see annularity from the home of the famous 'Rock of the Sun' petroglyph. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Researchers think they have a better understanding for how ancient North Americans thrived for centuries in northwestern New Mexico's arid desert. A multidisciplinary team of experts from the ...

John Kantner spent the better part of his career as an archaeologist trying to unlock the mysteries of the ancient Chaco Canyon civilization. He, like many of his colleagues, was left with only ...

Sep. 14—CHACO CANYON — From 8,500 feet overhead, the half moon shape of an ancient ruin can be seen clearly, packed with neat boxes and perfect circles, the walls left by people who lived in Chaco ...