May 16
May 16
Morning ritual
Coffee and breakfast at Gallo campground
Structure near camp
Petroglyph trail between Bonito and Chetro Ketl
Wonderful petroglyphs
Different markings, possible later Navajo
Tim making a picture
Faint markings
Many spirals, many journeys
A snake and scratchings
A raptor’s nest, we heard screechings
Strong figure
Chetro Ketl
Started being built about 1000AD
Pecked Holes where timbers once supported 1 and 2 story structures
More scrapings
Rear wall of Chetro Ketl, almost still plumb after 1000 years, 450’ long and almost perfectly oriented east/west
Wooden lintels still holding up
Amazing masonry.
A look in to courtyard?
Amazing! Oriented to the lunar minor standstill, part of the 18.6 year lunar standstill cycle!
Precise slabs. Meticulous work.
Large kiva
Context
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Chetro Ketl’s Great Kiva
Front wall of Chetro Ketl
A little perspective
Chetro Ketl, some 500 rooms over 5.7 acres covering the largest surface area of any great house
From the front plaza
Morning ritual
Coffee and breakfast at Gallo campground
Structure near camp
Petroglyph trail between Bonito and Chetro Ketl
Wonderful petroglyphs
Different markings, possible later Navajo
Tim making a picture
Faint markings
Many spirals, many journeys
A snake and scratchings
A raptor’s nest, we heard screechings
Strong figure
Chetro Ketl
Started being built about 1000AD
Pecked Holes where timbers once supported 1 and 2 story structures
More scrapings
Rear wall of Chetro Ketl, almost still plumb after 1000 years, 450’ long and almost perfectly oriented east/west
Wooden lintels still holding up
Amazing masonry.
Label 22
Amazing! Oriented to the lunar minor standstill, part of the 18.6 year lunar standstill cycle!
Precise slabs. Meticulous work.
Large kiva
Context
More
Chetro Ketl’s Great Kiva
Front wall of Chetro Ketl
A little perspective
Chetro Ketl, some 500 rooms over 5.7 acres covering the largest surface area of any great house
From the front plaza
