The mystery of Chaco Canyon
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Originally produced as a documentary film in 1999.
DVD-ROM feature: 78-page teacher's guide (PDF file).
Teacher's guide includes 3 units. Unit I: Exploring Chacoan Cosmology & Culture; Lesson Plan: Social Studies, Grades 9-12 (+ 3 activities). Unit II: Exploring Chaocan Astronomy; Lesson Plan: Earth and Space Science, Grades 5-8 (+ 4 activities). Unit III: Enrichment; Grades 5-12 : Traditional Literature; Pueblo Culture; Art, Symbols, and Architecture; Archaeoastronomy and Calendars; Archaeology; Geology; Ethnobotany.
"Teacher's Guide (PDF format) includes: The astronomical and archaeological acheivements of early Native Americans; The importance of ceremony at Chaco Canyon; The connection of Chaco with the cultures of Meso-america; the relationship between the Chacoan people and contemporary Pueblo people; and the importance of sky watching and astronomical cycles to ancient cultures; How the concept of time differs among cultures; The evolution of scientific knowledge over time."--Back of container insert.
"This is the long-awaited sequel to Anna Sofaer's classic film THE SUN DAGGER, which changed forever our perception of America's earliest Indian peoples."--Bullfrogfilms.com
Guide Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-71).
Remote Chaco Canyon becomes a center -- What kind of center? A new theory -- The Sun Dagger, a celestial calendar -- The solar alignment of Chacoan buildings -- Order in the cosmos -- Kivas as ceremonial centers -- Chaco and the moon -- The lunar alignment of Chacoan buildings -- The significance of Chaco's pattern -- The Great North Road -- How does Chaco end? -- Too much power in Chaco?
Cinematography by Steve Bannister, Eric Temple, William Harrison, Alton Walpole, and others ; computer animation by the Imaging Research Center ; music, Michael Stearns ; editor, Matt Dibble.
Narrated by Robert Redford.
"Ever since she discovered the 'Sun Dagger' twenty years ago, Anna Sofaer and a team of researchers have been exploring the enigmas posed by massive prehistoric ruins in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Now a new explanation of the mystery is emerging. For years archaeologists have assumed that Chaco was primarily an ancient trading center. This film shows that it was, instead, a complex ceremonial center, harmonized by extraordinary astronomical alignments of buildings and roads, and elegant light and shadow markings. Aerial and time lapse footage, computer modeling, and interviews with scholars show how the Chacoan culture oriented and located its major buildings in relations to the sun and moon. Contemporary Pueblo Indians, descendants of the Chacoans, speak of the spiritual significance of Chaco's mysteries in their world today."--Back of container insert.
DVD ; DVD-ROM system requirements: computer with a DVD-ROM drive, Adobe Acrobat.
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